THE STATES REORGANISATION ACT, 1956 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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PART I 
PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART II 
TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES 

3.  Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration of name. 
4.  Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras. 
5.  Formation of Kerala State. 
6.  Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands. 
7.  Formation of a new Mysore State. 
8.  Formation of a new Bombay State. 
9.  Formation of a new Madhya Pradesh State. 
10.  Formation of a new Rajasthan State. 
11.  Formation of a new Punjab State. 
12.  Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution. 
13.  Saving powers of State Governments. 

PART III 
ZONES AND ZONAL COUNCILS 

14.  [Repealed.] 
15.  Establishment of Zonal Councils. 
16.  Composition of the Councils. 
17.  Meetings of the Councils. 
18.  Power to appoint Committees. 
19.  Staff of the Council. 
20.  Office of the Council. 
21.  Functions of the Councils. 
22.  Joint meetings of Zonal Councils. 

PART IV 
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 
23.  Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. 
24.  Allocation of sitting members in the Council of States. 
25.  By-elections to fill vacancies. 
26.  Term of office of members. 

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27.  Provision as to existing House. 

The House of the People 

The Legislative Assembly 
28.  Changes in composition and allocation of sitting members. 
29.  Special provision for elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. 
30.  Duration of Legislative Assemblies. 
31.  Speakers and Deputy Speakers. 
32.  Rules of procedure. 

The Legislative Councils 

33.  Madhya Pradesh Legislative Council. 
34.  Bombay Legislative Council. 
35.  Madras Legislative Council. 
36.  Mysore Legislative Council. 
37.  Punjab Legislative Council. 
38.  Chairman and Deputy Chairman. 
39.  Rules of procedure. 

40.  Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative 

Delimitation of Constituencies 

Assemblies. 

41.  Modification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders. 
42.  Determination of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. 
43.  Constitution of Delimitation Commission. 
44.  Duties of the Commission. 
45.  Associate members. 
46.  Casual vacancies. 
47.  Procedure as to delimitation. 
48.  Special provision as to certain elections. 

PART V 
HIGH COURTS 

49.  High Courts for the new States. 
50.  Abolition of certain Courts. 
51.  Principal seat and other places of sitting of High Courts for new States. 
52.  Jurisdiction of High Courts for new States. 
53.  Power to enrol advocates, etc. 
54.  Practice and procedure. 
55.  Custody of seal of the High Court. 
56.  Form of writs and other processes. 
57.  Powers of Judges. 
58.  Procedure as to appeals to the Supreme Court. 
59.  Transfer of proceedings to Bombay High Court. 

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60.  Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, Kerala High Court. 
61.  Transfer of proceedings to Madhya Pradesh High Court. 
62.  Transfer of proceedings to Mysore High Court. 
63.  Transfer of proceedings to Punjab High Court. 
64.  Transfer of proceedings to Rajasthan High Court. 
65.  High Court of Andhra Pradesh. 
66.  High Court for the areas added to Madras. 
67.  Right to appear or act in proceedings transferred to other High Courts. 
68.  Interpretation. 
69.  Savings. 

PART VI 
AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE 

70.  Authorisation of expenditure of new States. 
71.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territories under existing Appropriation 

Acts. 

72.  Reports relating to the accounts of certain States.  
73.  Allowances and privileges of Governors of certain States. 
74.  Distribution of revenues. 

PART VII 
APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF CERTAIN PART A AND PART B STATES 

75.  Application of Part. 
76.  Land and goods. 
77.  Treasury and bank balances. 
78.  Arrears of taxes. 
79.  Right to recover loans and advances. 
80.  Credits in certain funds. 
81.  Assets and liabilities of State undertakings. 
82.  Public debt. 
83.  Refund of taxes collected in excess. 
84.  Deposits.  
85.  Provident funds. 
86.  Pensions. 
87.  Contracts. 
88.  Liability in respect of actionable wrong. 
89.  Liability as guarantor of co-operative society. 
90.  Items in suspense. 
91.  Residuary provision. 
92.  Power of the Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases. 
93.  Certain expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund. 

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PART VIII 
APPORTIONMENT OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE UNION 

SECTIONS 

94.  Definitions. 
95.  Passing of certain assets and liabilities of the Union to successor States. 
96.  Arrears of taxes. 
97.  Loans and advances. 
98.  Debts due to Central Government. 
99.  Provident fund. 
100. Pensions. 
101. Contracts. 

PART IX 
PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND INTER-STATE  
AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS 

102. Provision as to certain State Financial Corporations. 
103. Provisions as to the Madras Industrial Investment Corporation. 
104. Amendment of Act 2 of 1934. 
105. Amendment of Act 6 of 1942. 
106. Provision as to certain State Electricity Boards and apportionment of their assets and liabilities. 
107. Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of 

water. 

108. Continuance of agreements and arrangements relating to certain irrigation, power or multi-

purpose projects. 

109. General provision as to statutory corporations. 
110. Temporary provisions as to the continuance of certain existing road transport permits. 
111. Special provision relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases. 
112. Provision as to the Devaswom Surplus Fund of Travancore. 
113. Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions. 

PART X 
PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

114. Provisions relating to All-India Services. 
115. Provisions relating to other services. 
116. Provision as to continuance of officers in the same posts. 
117. Power of Central Government to give directions. 
118. Provisions as to State Public Service Commissions. 

PART XI 
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

119. Territorial extent of laws. 
120. Power to adapt laws. 

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121. Power to construe laws. 
122. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions. 
123. Legal proceedings. 
124. Right of pleaders to practise in certain Courts. 
125. Provisions as to certain pending proceedings. 
126. [Repealed.] 
127. Effect of the provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. 
128. Power to remove difficulties. 
129. Power to make rules. 
130. Repeal of Act 49 of 1951. 
THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 
THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 
THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 
THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. 
THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE STATES REORGANISATION ACT, 1956 

ACT NO. 37 OF 1956 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  reorganisation  of  the  States  of  India  and  for  matters  connected 

therewith. 

 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:― 

[31st August, 1956.]  

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.―This Act may be called the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

2. Definitions.―In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,― 

(a) “appointed day” means the 1st day of November, 1956; 

(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution; 

(c)  “assembly  constituency”,  “council  constituency”  and  “parliamentary  constituency”  have  the 

same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); 

(d)  “corresponding  new  State”  means,  in  relation  to  the  existing  State  of  Bombay,  Madhya 
Pradesh,  Mysore,  Punjab  or  Rajasthan,  the  new  State  with  the  same  name,  and  in  relation  to  the 
existing State of Travancore-Cochin, the new State of Kerala; 

(e)  “corresponding  State”  means,  in  relation  to  the  new  State  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh, 
Mysore, Punjab or Rajasthan, the existing State with the same name, and in relation to the new State 
of Kerala, the existing State of Travancore-Cochin; 

(f)  “Election  Commission”  means  the  Election  Commission  appointed  by  the  President  under 

article 324; 

(g)  “existing  State”  means  a  State  specified  in  the  First  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  at  the 

commencement of this Act; 

(h)  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  ordinance,  regulation,  order,  bye-law,  rule,  scheme, 
notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the territory of 
India;  

(i) “new State” means a 1*** State formed by the provisions of Part II; 
(j) “notified order” means an order published in the Official Gazette; 

(k) “population ratio”, in relation to the successor States of an existing State, means such ratio as 
the Central Government may by notified order specify to be the ratio in which the population of that 
existing State as ascertained at the last census is distributed territorially among the several successor 
States by virtue of the provisions of Part II; 

(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(m) “principal successor State” means— 

(i)  in  relation  to  the  existing  State  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Madras  or  Rajasthan,  the 

State with the same name; and 

(ii) in relation to the existing States of Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat and Travancore-Cochin, 

the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, respectively; 

1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 

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(n)  “sitting  member”  in  relation  to  either  House  of  Parliament  or  of  the  Legislature  of  a  State 

means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House; 

(o) “successor State”, in relation to an existing State, means any State to which the whole or any 
part of the territories of that existing State is transferred by the provisions of Part II, and includes in 
relation to the existing State of Madras, also that State as territorially altered by the said provisions 
and the Union; 

(p)  “transferred  territory”  means  any  territory  transferred  from  an  existing  State  to  another 

existing State or to a new State by the provisions of Part II; 

(q) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury; and 

(r) any reference to a district, taluk, tahsil or other territorial division of a State shall be construed 

as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of July, 1956. 

PART II 

TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES 

3.  Transfer  of  territory from Hyderabad  to  Andhra  and  alteration  of  name.―(1)  As  from  the 

appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Andhra the territories comprised in— 

(a) the districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda 

and Mahbubnagar; 

(b) Alampur and Gadwal taluks of Raichur district and Kodangal taluk of Gulbarga district; 

(c) Tandur taluk of Gulbarga district; 

(d) Zahirabad taluk (except Nirna circle), Nyalkal circle of Bidar taluk and Narayankhed taluk of 

Bidar district; 

(e) Bichkonda and Jukkal circles of Deglur taluk of Nanded district; and 

(f) Mudhol, Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk of Nanded district; and 

(g)  Adilabad  district  except  Islapur  circle  of  Boath  taluk,  Kinwat  taluk  and  Rajura  taluk;  and 
thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Hyderabad and the State 
of Andhra shall be known as the State of Andhra Pradesh. 

(2) The territories referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, 
and become part of, Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, respectively, 
in the State of Andhra Pradesh. 

4. Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras.―As from the appointed day, there 
shall  be  added  to  the  State  of  Madras  the  territories  comprised  in  the  Agastheeswaram,  Thovala, 
Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks of Trivandrum district and the Shencottah taluk of Quilon district; and 
thereupon— 

(a) the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin; 

(b) the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks 

shall form a separate district to be known as Kanya Kumari district in the State of Madras; and  

(c)  the  territories  comprised  in  the  Shencottah  taluk  shall  be  included  in,  and  become  part  of, 

Tirunelveli district in the State of Madras. 

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5. Formation  of  Kerala  State.―(1)  As  from  the  appointed day,  there  shall  be  formed  a  new  1*** 

State to be known as the State of Kerala comprising the following territories, namely:― 

(a) the territories of the existing State of Travancore Cochin, excluding the territories transferred 

to the State of Madras by section 4; and 

(b) the territories comprised in— 

(i) Malabar district, excluding the islands of Laccadive and Minicoy, and 

(ii) Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara district;  

and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the States of Travancore-Cochin and Madras, 
respectively. 

(2) The territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall form a separate district to be known 

as Malabar district in the State of Kerala. 

6. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.―As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a 
2[Union territory] to be known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands comprising the Laccadive 
and  Minicoy  Islands  in  the  Malabar  district  and  the Amindivi  Islands in the  South Kanara  district;  and 
thereupon the said Islands shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madras. 

7. Formation of a new Mysore State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 

1*** State to be known as the State of Mysore comprising the following territories, namely:― 

(a) the territories of the existing State of Mysore; 

(b)  Belgaum  district  except  Chandgad  taluka  and  Bijapur,  Dharwar  and Kanara  districts,  in  the 

existing State of Bombay; 

(c)  Gulbarga  district  except  Kodangal  and  Tandur  taluks,  Raichur  district  except  Alampur  and 
Gadwal  taluks,  and  Bidar  district  except  Ahmadpur,  Nilanga  and  Udgir  taluks  and  the  portions 
specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 3, in the existing State of Hyderabad; 

(d)  South  Kanara  district  except  Kasaragod  taluk  and  Amindivi  Islands,  and  Kollegal  taluk  of 

Coimbatore district, in the State of Madras; and 

(e) the territories of the existing State of Coorg; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to 
form part of the said existing States of Mysore, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras and Coorg, respectively. 

(2) The territory comprised in the existing State of Coorg shall form a separate district to be known as 
Coorg district, and the said Kollegal taluk shall be included in, and become part of, Mysore district, in the 
new State of Mysore. 

8. Formation of a new Bombay State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 

1*** State to be known as the State of Bombay comprising the following territories, namely:― 

(a) the territories of the existing State of Bombay, excluding— 

(i) Bijapur, Dharwar and Kanara districts and Belgaum district except Chandgad taluka, and 

(ii) Abu Road taluka of Banaskantha district; 

(b) Aurangabad, Parbhani, Bhir and Osmanabad districts, Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks of 
Bidar  district,  Nanded  district  (except  Bichkonda  and  Jukkal  circles  of  Deglur  taluk  and  Mudhol, 

1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 
2. Subs., ibid., for “New Part C State”. 

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Bhiansa  and  Kuber  circles  of  Mudhol  taluk)  and  Islapur  circle  of  Boath  taluk,  Kinwat  taluk  and 
Rajura taluk of Adilabad district, in the existing State of Hyderabad; 

(c) Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda districts in the 

existing State of Madhya Pradesh; 

(d) the territories of the existing State of Saurashtra; and 

(e) the territories of the existing State of Kutch; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to 
form  part  of  the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Hyderabad,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Saurashtra  and  Kutch, 
respectively. 

(2)  The  said  Chandgad  taluka  shall  be  included  in,  and  become  part  of,  Kolhapur  district,  the  said 
Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir  taluks shall be included in, and become part of,  Osmanabad district, the 
said Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk shall be included in, and become part of, 
Nanded district and the territories comprised in the existing State of Kutch shall form a separate district to 
be known as Kutch district, in the new State of Bombay. 

9.  Formation  of  a  new  Madhya  Pradesh  State.―(1)  As  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be 
formed  a  new  1***  State  to  be  known  as  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  comprising  the  following 
territories, namely:― 

(a)  the  territories  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  except  the  districts  mentioned  in  

clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 8; 

(b) the territories of the existing State of Madhya Bharat, except Sunel tappa of Bhanpura tahsil 

of Mandsaur district; 

(c) Sironj sub-division of Kotah district in the existing State of Rajasthan; 

(d) the territories of the existing State of Bhopal; and 

(e) the territories of the existing State of Vindhya Pradesh; and thereupon the said territories shall 
cease to form part of the existing States of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, Rajasthan, Bhopal and 
Vindhya Pradesh, respectively. 

(2) The said Sironj sub-division shall be included in, and become part of, Bhilsa district in the new 

State of Madhya Pradesh. 

10. Formation of a new Rajasthan State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a 

new 1*** State to be known as the State of Rajasthan comprising the following territories, namely:― 

(a) the territories of the existing State of Rajasthan, except Sironj sub-division of Kotah district; 

(b) the territories of the existing State of Ajmer; 

(c) Abu Road taluka of Banaskantha district in the existing State of Bombay; and 

(d) Sunel tappa of Bhanpura tahsil of Mandsaur district in the existing State of Madhya Bharat; 
and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the said States of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Bombay 
and Madhya Bharat, respectively. 

(2) The territories comprised in the existing State of Ajmer shall form a separate district to be known 
as Ajmer district, and the territories referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) shall be included 
in, and become part of, Sirohi and Jhalawar districts, respectively, in the new State of Rajasthan. 

11.  Formation  of  a  new Punjab  State.―As  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be  formed  a  new 

1*** State to be known as the State of Punjab comprising the following territories, namely:― 

(a) the territories of the existing State of Punjab; and 

1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 

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(b) the territories of the existing State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union; and thereupon the 
said  territories  shall  cease  to  form  part  of  the  said  existing  States  of  Punjab  and  Patiala  and  East 
Punjab States Union, respectively. 

12. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.―As from the appointed day, in the First 
Schedule  to  the  Constitution,  for  Part  A,  Part  B  and  Part  C,  the  following  Parts  shall  be  substituted, 
namely:― 

Name 

1. Andhra Pradesh . . . 

2. Assam . . . . . . 

3. Bihar . . . . . . 

4. Bombay . . . . . 

5. Kerala . . . . . 

6. Madhya Pradesh. . . 

7. Madras . . . . . 

8. Mysore . . . . . 

9. Orissa . . . . . 

“PART A 

Territories 

The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the 
Andhra  State  Act,  1953,  and  the  territories  specified  in  
sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 
1956. 

immediately 

territories  which 

The 
the 
commencement  of  this  Constitution  were  comprised  in  the 
Province  of  Assam,  the  Khasi  States  and  the  Assam  Tribal 
Areas, but excluding the territories specified in the Schedule 
to the Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1951. 

before 

territories  which 

the 
The 
commencement  of  this  Constitution  were  either  comprised 
in  the  Province  of  Bihar  or  were  being  administered  as  if 
they formed part of that Province. 

immediately 

before 

The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 8 of the 
States Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the 
States Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of the 
States Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

before 

immediately 

territories  which 

the 
The 
commencement  of  this  Constitution  were  either  comprised 
in the Province of Madras or were being administered as if 
they formed part of that Province and the territories specified 
in  section  4  of  the  States  Reorganisation  Act,  1956,  but 
excluding  the  territories  specified  in  sub-section  (1)  of 
section  3  and  sub-section  (1)  of  section  4  of  the  Andhra 
State Act, 1953, and the territories specified in clause (b) of 
sub-  section  (1)  of  section  5,  section  6  and  clause  (d)  of  
sub-section (1) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 
1956. 

The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 7 of the 
States Reoganisation Act, 1956. 

The territories which immediately before the 
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised 
in the Province of Orissa or were being administered as if 
they formed part of that Province. 

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Name 

10. Punjab . . . . . 

11. Rajasthan . . . . 

12. Uttar Pradesh . . . 

13. West Bengal . . . . 

Name 

1. Jammu and Kashmir . . 

Name 

1. Delhi . . . . . . 

2. Himachal Pradesh . . 

3. Manipur . . . . . 

4. Tripura . . . . . 

Territories 

The territories specified in section 11 of the States 
Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

The territories specified in section 10 of the States 
Reorganisation Act, 1956. 

The territories which immediately before the 
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised 
in the Province known as the United Provinces or were 
being administered as if they formed part of that Province. 

The territories which immediately before the 
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised 
in the Province of West Bengal or were being administered 
as if they formed part of that Province and the territory of 
Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the 
Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954. 

PART B 

Territory 

The territory which immediately before the commencement 
of this Constitution was comprised in the Indian State of 
Jammu and Kashmir. 

PART C 

Territory 

The territory which immediately before the commencement 
of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief 
Commissioner's Province of Delhi. 

The territories which immediately before the 
commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New 
State) Act, 1954, were comprised in the States of Himachal 
Pradesh and Bilaspur. 

The territory which immediately before the commencement 
of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a 
Chief Commissioner's Province under the name of Manipur. 

The territory which immediately before the commencement 
of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a 
Chief Commissioner’s Province under the name of Tripura. 

5. The Laccadive Minicoy and Amindivi 
Islands. 

The territory specified in section 6 of the States 
Reorganisation Act, 1956.” 

13. Saving powers of State Governments.―Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be 
deemed to affect the power of a State Government to alter after the appointed day the name, extent and 
boundaries of any district or division in the State. 

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PART III 

ZONES AND ZONAL COUNCILS 

14. [Definitions.]―Rep. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 

15. Establishment of Zonal Councils.―As from the appointed day, there shall be a Zonal Council 

for each of the following five zones, namely:― 

(a)  the  Northern  Zone,  comprising  the  States  of  1[Haryana],  2[Punjab,  Himachal  Pradesh], 

Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir* and the 3[Union territories] of Delhi, 4[and Chandigarh]; 
(b) the Central Zone, comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;  
5[(c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal 6[Orissa and Sikkim];] 
7[(d)  the  Western  Zone,  comprising  the  States  of  Goa,  Gujarat  and  Maharashtra  and  the  Union 

territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and] 

(e) the Southern Zone, comprising the States of Andhra Pradesh, 8[ 9[Tamil Nadu], 10[Karnataka] 

and Kerala] 11[and the Union territory of Pondicherry]. 
16.  Composition  of  the  Councils.―(1)  The  Zonal  Council  for  each  zone  shall  consist  of  the 

following members, namely:― 

(a) a Union Minister to be nominated by the President; 

(b) the Chief Minister of each of the States included in the zone and two other Ministers of each 
such State to be nominated by the Sadar-i-Riyasat, in the case of Jammu and Kashmir*, and by the 
Governor, in any other case, and if there is no Council of Ministers in any such State, three members 
from that State to be nominated by the President; 

(c) where any  3[Union territory] is included in the zone, not more than two members from each 

12[such territory] to be nominated by the President;  

13* 

 * 

 * 

* 

 *  

(2) The Union Minister nominated under clause (a) of sub-section (1) to a Zonal Council shall be its 

Chairman. 

(3) The Chief Ministers of the States included in each zone shall act as Vice-Chairman of the Zonal 

Council for that zone by rotation, each holding office for a period of one year at a time: 

Provided  that  if  during  that  period  there  is  no  Council  of  Ministers  in  the  State  concerned,  such 
member from that State as the President may nominate in this behalf shall act as Vice-Chairman of the 
Zonal Council. 

1. Subs. by Act 31 of 1966, s. 86, for “Punjab” (w.e.f. 1-11-1966). 
2. Subs. by Act 53 of 1970, s. 47, for “Punjab” (w.e.f. 25-1-1971). 
3. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956, for “Part C States”. 
4. Subs. by Act 53 of 1970, s. 47, for “Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh” (w.e.f. 25-1-1971). 
5. Subs. by Act 81 of 1971, s. 74, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 
6. Subs. by Notification No. S.O. 778(E), dated 8-12-1976, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(ii). 
7. Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 64, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 30-5-1987). 
8. Subs. by Act 11 of 1960, s. 86, for “Madras and Kerala” (w.e.f. 1-5-1960). 
9.  Subs.  by  the  Madras  State  (Alteration  of  Name)  (Adaptation  of  Laws  on  Union  Subjects)  Order,  1970,  for  “Madras”  

(w.e.f. 14-1-1969). 

10.  Subs.  by  the  Mysore  State  (Alteration  of  Name)  (Adaptation  of  Laws  on  Union  Subjects)  Order,  1974,  for  “Mysore”  

(w.e.f. 1-11-1973). 

11. Ins. by Act 20 of 1963, s. 57 and Second Schedule (w.e.f. 13-5-1963). 
12. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956, for “such State”. 
13. Omitted by Act 81 of 1971, s. 74 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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(4)  The  Zonal  Council  for  each  zone  shall  have  the  following  persons  as  Advisers  to  assist  the 

Council in the performance of its duties, namely:― 

(a) one person nominated by the Planning Commission; 

(b) the Chief Secretary to the Government of each of the States included in the Zone; and 

(c) the Development Commissioner or any other officer nominated by the Government of each of 

the States included in the Zone. 

(5) Every Adviser to a Zonal Council shall have the right to take part in the discussions of the Council 
or of any Committee thereof of which he may be named a member but shall not have a right to vote at a 
meeting of the Council or of any such Committee. 

17. Meetings of the Councils.―(1) Each Zonal Council shall meet at such time as the Chairman of 
the Council may appoint in this behalf and shall, subject to the other provisions of this section, observe 
such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of business at its meetings as it may, with the approval of 
the Central Government, lay down from time to time. 

(2)  The  Zonal  Council  for  each  zone  shall,  unless  otherwise  determined  by  it,  meet  in  the  States 

included in that zone by rotation. 

(3) The Chairman or in his absence the Vice-Chairman or in the absence of both the Chairman and 
the  Vice-Chairman,  any  other  member  chosen  by  the  members  present  from  amongst  themselves  shall 
preside at a meeting of the Council. 

(4)  All  questions  at  a  meeting  of  a  Zonal  Council  shall  be  decided  by  a  majority  of  votes  of  the 
members present and in the case of an equality of votes the Chairman or, in his absence any other person 
presiding shall have a second or casting vote. 

(5)  The  proceedings  of  every  meeting  of  a  Zonal  Council  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Central 

Government and also to each State Government concerned. 

18.  Power  to  appoint  Committees.―(1)  A  Zonal  Council  may  from  time  to  time  by  resolution 
passed at a meeting appoint Committees of its members and Advisers for performing such functions as 
may be specified in the resolution and may associate with any such Committee, such Ministers either for 
the Union or for the States and such officers serving either in connection with the affairs of the Union or 
of the States as may be nominated in that behalf by the Council. 

(2)  A  person  associated  with  a  Committee  of  a  Zonal  Council  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  have  the 
right  to  take  part  in  the  discussions  of  the  Committee,  but  shall  not  have  a  right  to  vote  at  a  meeting 
thereof. 

(3) A Committee appointed under sub-section (1) shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to 
transaction  of  business  at  its  meetings  as  the  Zonal  Council  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Central 
Government, lay down from time to time. 

19.  Staff  of  the  Council.―(1)  Each  Zonal  Council  shall  have  a  secretarial  staff  consisting  of  a 

Secretary, a Joint Secretary and such other officers as the Chairman may consider necessary to appoint. 

(2) The Chief Secretaries of the States represented in such Council shall each be the Secretary of the 

Council by rotation and hold office for a period of one year at a time. 

(3) The Joint Secretary of the Council shall be chosen from amongst officers not in the service of any 

of the States represented in the Council and shall be appointed by the Chairman. 

20. Office of the Council.―(1) The office of the Zonal Council for each zone shall be located at such 

place within the zone as may be determined by the Council. 

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(2) The administrative expenses of the said office, including the salaries and allowances payable to or 
in respect of members of the secretarial staff of the Council other than the Secretary, shall be borne by the 
Central Government out of monies provided by Parliament for the purpose. 

21. Functions of the Councils.―(1) Each Zonal Council shall be an advisory body and may discuss 
any matter in which some or all of the States represented in that Council, or the Union and one or more of 
the States represented in that Council, have a common interest and advise the Central Government and the 
Government of each State concerned as to the action to be taken on any such matter. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), a Zonal 

Council may discuss, and make recommendations with regard to,― 

(a) any matter of common interest in the field of economic and social planning; 

(b) any matter concerning border disputes, linguistic minorities or inter-State transport; and 

(c) any matter connected with, or arising out of, the reorganisation of the States under this Act. 

22.  Joint  meetings  of  Zonal  Councils.―(1)  Where  it  is  represented  to  the  Zonal  Council  for  any 
zone that a matter in which a State included in that zone and one or more States included in any other 
zone or zones have a common interest should be discussed at a joint meeting, it shall be lawful for the 
Zonal Councils concerned— 

(a) to meet at such time and place as the Chairman thereof may, in consultation with each other, 

appoint in this behalf; and 

(b)  to  discuss  the  said  matter  at  such  joint  meeting  and  make  recommendations  to  the 

Governments concerned as to the action to be taken on that matter. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  may  make  rules  for  regulating  the  procedure  at  joint  meetings  of  the 

Zonal Councils. 

PART IV 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

23. Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.―As from the appointed day, in the 
Fourth  Schedule  to  the  Constitution,  for  the  Table  of  Seats,  the  following  Table  shall  be  substituted, 
namely:― 

“Table of Seats 

1. Andhra Pradesh 

2. Assam 

3. Bihar 

4. Bombay 

5. Kerala 

6. Madhya Pradesh 

7. Madras 

8. Mysore 

9. Orissa 
10. Punjab 

11. Rajasthan 

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6 

21 

27 

9 

16 

17 

12 

9 
11 

10 

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12. Uttar Pradesh 

13. West Bengal 

14. Jammu and Kashmir 

15. Delhi 

16. Himachal Pradesh 

17. Manipur| 

18. Tripura 

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14 

4 

1 

1 

1 

208”. 

24.  Allocation  of  sitting  members  in  the  Council  of  States.―(1)  The  twelve  sitting  members 
representing  the  State  of  Andhra  and  such  six  of  the  eleven  sitting  members  representing  the  State  of 
Hyderabad as the Chairman shall by order specify shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have 
been duly elected to fill the eighteen seats allotted to the State of Andhra Pradesh. 

(2) Such five of the six sitting members representing the State of Travancore-Cochin and such three 
of the eighteen sitting members representing the State of Madras as the Chairman shall by order specify 
shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  deemed  to  have  been  duly  elected  to  fill  eight  of  the  nine  seats 
allotted to the State of Kerala. 

(3)  The  eleven  sitting  members  representing  the  States  of  Bhopal,  Madhya  Bharat  and  Vindhya 
Pradesh  and  such  five  of  the  twelve  sitting  members  representing  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  as  the 
Chairman shall by order specify shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been duly elected to 
fill the sixteen seats allotted to the new State of Madhya Pradesh. 

(4) Such one of the six sitting members representing the State of Travancore-Cochin as the Chairman 
shall by order specify shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill one of 
the seats allotted to the State of Madras. 

(5) The six sitting members representing the State of Mysore, and such four of the seventeen sitting 
members representing the State of Bombay, and such two of the eleven sitting members representing the 
State of Hyderabad, as the Chairman shall by order specify shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to 
have been duly elected to fill the twelve seats allotted to the new State of Mysore. 

(6) The eleven sitting members representing the existing States of Punjab and Patiala and East Punjab 
States Union shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill the eleven seats 
allotted to the new State of Punjab. 

(7) The nine sitting members representing the State of Rajasthan and the sitting members representing 
the States of Ajmer and Coorg shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been duly elected to 
fill the ten seats allotted to the new State of Rajasthan: 

Provided that if the number of sitting members representing the State of Rajasthan is less than nine, 
such one of the sitting members representing the existing State of Bombay as the Chairman shall by order 
specify  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  deemed  to  have  been  duly  elected  to  fill  one  of  the  seats 
allotted to the new State of Rajasthan. 

(8) The five sitting members representing the State of Saurashtra and Kutch and the sitting members 
representing the existing States of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh who have not been allocated 
under sub-sections (1), (3), (5) and (7) to Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore or Rajasthan shall, as 
from the appointed day, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill the twenty-seven seats allotted to the 
new State of Bombay. 

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(9) In this section, “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council of States. 

25. By-elections to fill vacancies.―As soon as may be after the appointed day, by-elections shall be 
held to fill the vacancies existing on the appointed day in the seats allotted to the States of Kerala and 
Madras. 

26. Term of office of members.―In order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members may 
retire on the 2nd day of April, 1958, and on the expiration of every second year thereafter, the President 
shall, after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provisions as he thinks fit in 
regard to the terms of office of the members elected under section 25 and such modifications as he thinks 
fit in the terms of office of any of the sitting members. 

The House of the People 

27. Provision as to existing House.―Nothing in Part II shall be deemed to affect the constitution or 
duration of the existing House of the People or the extent of the constituency of any sitting member of 
that House. 

The Legislative Assembly 

28.  Changes  in  composition  and  allocation  of  sitting  members.―(1)  Where  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions of Part II the whole area of any Assembly constituency in an existing State is transferred to any 
other existing State or becomes part of a new State other than Kerala,― 

(a) that area shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to form a constituency provided by law 
for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assembly of such other existing State or of such new 
State, as the case may be; and 

(b) the sitting member representing that constituency shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed 
to  have  been  elected  to  the  said  Legislative  Assembly  by  that  constituency  and  shall  cease  to  be  a 
member of the Legislative Assembly of which he was a member immediately before that day. 

(2)  The  sitting  members  representing  the  assembly  constituencies  in  the  State  of  Madras  falling 
wholly or partly within the territories of that State which, on the appointed day, become part of the new 
State of Kerala shall, as from that day, cease to be members of the Legislative Assembly of Madras. 

(3) The provisions of the First Schedule shall apply in relation to the sitting members representing the 
Assembly  constituencies  specified  therein,  parts  of  which  are  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Part  II 
transferred from an existing State to another existing State or to a new State. 

(4)  The  members  of  the  electoral  college  for  Kutch  constituted  under  section  27A  of  the 
Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of 
this  Act,  elect  eight  persons  from  among  themselves  in  accordance  with  the  system  of  proportional 
representation by means of the single transferable vote and in such manner as may be prescribed; and the 
persons  so elected  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to the  Legislative 
Assembly of Bombay by a constituency comprising the whole of Kutch district. 

(5)  The  office  of  member  of  the  Council  of  Advisers  constituted  for  the  State  of  Kutch  under  
section 42 of the Government of Part C States Act, 1951 (49 of 1951), is hereby declared to be an office 
of  profit  under  the  Government  of  India  which  shall  not  disqualify  its  holder  for  being  elected  under  
sub-section (4) or  for  becoming  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Bombay  as  provided  in that 
sub- section. 

(6) The sitting members nominated under article 333 to represent the Anglo-Indian community in the 
Legislative  Assemblies  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Mysore  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  cease  to  be 
members of those Assemblies and shall be deemed to have been nominated under the said article by the 
respective Governors to the Legislative Assemblies of the corresponding new States. 

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29.  Special  provision  for  elections  to  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Legislative  Assembly.―When  a 
general  election  is  next  held  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  for  electing  members  to  the  House  of  the 
People, elections shall also be held to fill the seats allotted to the assembly constituencies into which the 
transferred territory in that State is divided in the order referred to in sub-section (2) of section 47, as if 
those  seats  had  become  vacant;  and  as  from  the  date  appointed  under the  Representation  of the  People 
Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) as the date before which the said elections shall be completed, all the persons who, 
having  been  sitting  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Hyderabad,  become  on  the  appointed  day 
members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Andhra  Pradesh  under  sub-section  (1)  or  sub-section  (3)  of 
section 28 of this Act shall cease to be such members. 

30. Duration of Legislative Assemblies.―The period of five years referred to in clause (1) of article 
172 shall, in the case of the Legislative Assembly of each new State except Kerala, as constituted by the 
provisions of section 28, be deemed to have commenced on the date on which it actually commenced in 
the case of the Legislative Assembly of the corresponding State. 

31. Speakers and Deputy Speakers.―(1) As from the appointed day and until the first meeting of 
the  Legislative  Assembly  of  a  new  State  other  than  Kerala,  the  persons  who  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  are  the  Speaker  and  Deputy  Speaker  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  corresponding 
State shall, if they are members of the Legislative Assembly of the new State, be the Speaker and Deputy 
Speaker, respectively, of that Assembly. 

(2)  As  soon  as  may  be  after  the  appointed  day,  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Andhra 
Pradesh  shall  choose  two  members  of  the  Assembly  to  be  respectively  Speaker  and  Deputy  Speaker 
thereof  and  until  they  are  so  chosen,  the  persons  who  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  are  the 
Speaker  and  Deputy  Speaker  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  existing  State  of  Andhra  shall  be  the 
Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively, of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh. 

32.  Rules  of  procedure.―Until  rules  are  made  under  clause  (1)  of  article  208  by  the  Legislative 
Assembly of a new State, the rules as to procedure and conduct of business in force immediately before 
the appointed day with respect to the Legislative Assembly of the corresponding State shall have effect in 
relation  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  new  State  subject  to  such  modifications  and  adaptations  as 
may be made therein by the Speaker. 

The Legislative Councils 

33.  Madhya Pradesh  Legislative  Council.―(1)  As  from  such  date  as  the  President  may  by  order 

appoint, there shall be a Legislative Council for the new State of Madhya Pradesh. 

(2) In the said Council there shall be 1[90] seats of which— 

(a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) 

and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 2[31, 8 and 8] respectively; 

(b)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  elected  by  the  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  in 

accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 3[31]; and 

(c)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  nominated  by  the  Governor  in  accordance  with  the 

provisions of sub-clause (e) of that clause shall be 12. 
(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of 4[the Legislative Councils Act, 1957 (37 of 1957)], 

the President, after consultation with the Election Commission, shall by order determine— 

(a) the constituencies into which the said new State shall be divided for the purpose of elections 

to the Council under each of the sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (3) of article 171; 

1. Subs. by Act 37 of 1957, s. 6, for “72” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
2. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for “24, 6 and 6” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
3. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for “24” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
4. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for “this Act” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 

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(b) the extent of each constituency; and 

(c) the number of seats allotted to each constituency. 

(4) As soon as may be after 1[such commencement], steps shall be taken to constitute the said Council 
in accordance with the provisions of this section and the provisions of the Representation of the People 
Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) and the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951). 

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34.  Bombay  Legislative  Council.―(1)  As  from  such  date  as  the  President  may  by  order  appoint, 

there shall be a Legislative Council for the new State of Bombay. 

(2) 3[Until otherwise provided by law], the said Council shall consist of— 

(a)  all  the  sitting  members  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  the  existing  State  of  Bombay,  except 
those representing the Belgaum (Local Authorities), Bijapur (Local Authorities) and Dharwar (Local 
Authorities) constitutencies; and 

(b)  25  members  to  represent  the  territories  specified  in  clauses  (b),  (c),  (d)  and  (e)  of  

sub-section (1) of section 8 who shall be chosen in such manner as may be prescribed. 

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35. Madras Legislative Council.―(1) In the Legislative Council of Madras, as from the appointed 

day, there shall be 5[50] seats of which— 

(a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) 

and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 6[16, 6 and 4] respectively; 

(b)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  elected  by  the  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  in 

accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 16; and 

(c)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  nominated  by  the  Governor  in  accordance  with  the 

provisions of sub-clause (e) of that clause shall be 8. 

(2) As from the appointed day, the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Madras) Order, 1951 shall 

have effect subject to the modifications directed by the Second Schedule, and in the said Order,― 

(a) any reference to the State of Madras shall be construed as including the territory added to that 
State  by  section  4  and  as  excluding  the  territory  which  ceases  to  be  part  of  that  State  by  virtue  of 
section 5, section 6 or section 7; 

(b) any reference to Tirunelveli district shall be construed as including the territory added to that 

district by section 4; and 

(c) any reference to Coimbatore district shall be construed as excluding Kollegal taluk. 

(3)  The  two  sitting  members  of  the  said  Council  representing  the  West  Coast  (Local  Authorities) 
Constituency  7***,  and  such  two  of  the  eighteen  sitting  members  elected  by  the  members  of  the 

1. Subs. by Act 37 of 1957, s. 6, for “the appointed day” (w.e.f.18-9-1957). 
2. Proviso omitted by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
3. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for “Until the said Council has been reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (4) and 

(5) of this section and summoned to meet for the first time” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 

4. Omitted by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
5. Subs. by Act 67 of 1956, s. 2, for “48” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 
6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “16, 4 and 4” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 
7. The words and brackets “and such two of the six sitting members representing the Madras (Graduates) Constituency” omitted 

by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 

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Legislative Assembly, as the Chairman of the said Council shall by order specify, shall, on the appointed 
day, cease to be members of the said Council. 

(4) If, immediately before the appointed day, the total number of  sitting members nominated by the 
Governor is nine, such one of them as the Governor shall by order specify shall, on the appointed day, 
cease to be a member of the said Council. 

(5)  Save  as  provided  by  sub-section  (3),  every  sitting  member  of  the  said  Council  representing  a 
council constituency the extent of which is altered by virtue of sub-section (2) shall, as from the appointed 
day, be deemed to have been elected to the said Council by that constitutency as so altered. 

(6) As soon as may be after the appointed day, by-elections shall be held in all the local authorities 

constituencies to fill the vacancies existing on that day in the said Council. 

(7) In order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members of the said Council may retire on the 
20th  April,  1958,  and  on  the  expiration  of  every  second  year  thereafter,  the  Governor  shall  after 
consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provisions as he thinks fit in regard to the 
terms of office of the members elected under sub-section (6) and such modifications as he thinks fit in the 
terms of office of any of the sitting members. 

36. Mysore Legislative Council.―(1) As from the appointed day there shall be a Legislative Council 

for the new State of Mysore. 

(2) 1[Until otherwise provided by law], the said Council shall consist of— 

(a) all the sitting members of the Legislative Council of the existing State of Mysore, and 

(b)  12  members  to  represent  the  territories  specified  in  clauses  (b),  (c),  (d)  and  (e)  of  

sub-section (1) of section 7 who shall be chosen in such manner as may be prescribed. 
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37. Punjab Legislative Council.―(1) As from the appointed day there shall be a Legislative Council 

for the new State of Punjab. 

(2) 3[Until otherwise provided by law] the said Council shall consist of— 

(a) all the sitting members of the Legislative Council of the existing State of Punjab; and 

(b)  six  persons  to  be  elected  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  members  of  the 
Legislative  Assembly  of  the  existing  State  of  Patiala  and  East  Punjab  States  Union  from  amongst 
persons who are not members of that Assembly. 
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38.  Chairman  and  Deputy  Chairman.―As  from  the  appointed  day  until  the  first  meeting  of  the 
Legislative Council of the new State of Bombay, Mysore or Punjab, as the case may be, the persons who 
immediately before the appointed day are the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council 
of the corresponding State shall be the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, respectively, of that Council. 

39.  Rules  of  procedure.―Until  rules  are  made  under  clause  (1)  of  article  208  by  the  Legislative 
Council of the new State of Bombay, Mysore or Punjab, the rules as to procedure and conduct of business 
in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  with  respect  to  the  Legislative  Council  of  the 

1. Subs. by  Act 37 of 1957, s. 8, for “Until the said Council has been reconstituted in accordance  with the provisions of sub-

sections (3) and (4) of this section and summoned to meet for the first time” (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 

2. Omitted by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
3. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 
4. Omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-9-1957). 

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corresponding  State  shall  have  effect  in  relation  to  the  Legislative  Council  of  the  new  State  subject  to 
such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Chairman. 

Delimitation of Constituencies 

40. Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative 
Assemblies.―The  number  of  seats  in  the  House  of  the  People  allotted  to  each  of  the  States  and  the 
number of seats assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each Part A State and of each Part B State other 
than Jammu and Kashmir by order of the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Commission 
Act, 1952 (81 of 1952) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as  “the former Commission” and “the former 
Act”, respectively) shall be modified as shown in the Third Schedule. 

41.  Modification  of  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes  Orders.―As  soon  as  may  be 
after  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  the  President  shall  by  order  make  such  modifications  in  the 
Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Part C States) Order, 
1951, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Part C 
States) Order, 1951, as he thinks fit having regard to the territorial changes and formation of new States 
under the provisions of Part II. 

42. Determination of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.―(1) After the said 
Orders  have  been  so  modified,  the  population  as  at  the  last  census  of  the  scheduled  castes  and  of  the 
scheduled tribes in the territory which, as from the appointed day, will be comprised in each of the States 
of Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Mysore, Punjab and Rajasthan, shall be 
ascertained  or  estimated  by  the  census  authority  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  and  shall  be 
notified by that authority in the Gazette of India. 

(2)  The  population  figures  so  notified  shall  be  taken  to  be  the  relevant  population  figures  as 

ascertained at the last census and shall supersede any figures previously published. 

43. Constitution of Delimitation Commission.―(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of 
this Act, the Central Government shall constitute a Commission to be called the Delimitation Commission 
which shall consist of three members as follows:― 

(a) two members each of whom shall be a person who is, or has been, a Judge of the Supreme 

Court or of a High Court, to be appointed by the Central Government; and 

(b) the Chief Election Commissioner, ex officio. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  shall  nominate  one  of  the  members  appointed  under  clause  (a)  of  

sub-section (1) to be the Chairman of the Commission. 

44. Duties of the Commission.―It shall be the duty of the Commission— 

(a) to determine on the basis of the population figures notified under section 42 the number of 
seats,  if  any,  to  be  reserved  for  the  scheduled  castes  and  scheduled  tribes  of  each  of  the  States 
mentioned in that section  in  the  House  of  the  People  and in the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State, 
having regard to the relevant provisions of the Constitution and of this Act; 

(b) to determine the parliamentary and assembly constituencies into which each new State shall 
be divided, the extent of, and the number of seats to be allotted to each such constituency, and the 
number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes of the State in 
each such constituency; and 

(c) to revise or cancel any of the orders of the former Commission made under section 8 of the 
former Act so as to provide, having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and of this Act, for a 
proper delimitation of all parliamentary and assembly constituencies. 

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45. Associate members.―(1) For the purpose of assisting the Commission in the performance of its 
functions under clause (b) of section 44, the Commission shall associate with itself in respect of each new 
State such five persons as the Central Government shall by order specify, being persons who are members 
either of the House of the People or of the Legislative Assembly of an existing State: 

Provided  that such  persons  shall  be  chosen, so  far  as  practicable,  from  among  those  members  who 
were associated with the former Commission in delimiting constituencies in any part of the territories of 
the new State. 

(2)  None  of  the  associate  members  shall  have  a  right  to  vote  or  to  sign  any  decision  of  the 

Commission. 

46. Casual vacancies.―If, owing to death or resignation, the office of the Chairman or of a member 
or  of  an  associate  member  falls  vacant,  it  shall  be  filled  as  soon  as  may  be  practicable  by  the  Central 
Government in accordance with the provisions of section 43 or, as the case may be, of section 45. 

47. Procedure as to delimitation.―(1) The provisions of section 7 of the former Act shall apply in 
relation  to  the  Commission  as  it  applied  in  relation  to  the  former  Commission;  and  in  determining  the 
matters referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of section 44, the Commission shall have regard to the provisions 
contained in clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (2) of section 8 of the former Act. 

(2) After determining all the matters referred to in section 44, the Commission shall prepare an order, 
to  be  known  as  the  Delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly  Constituencies  Order,  1956  and  send 
authenticated  copies  thereof  to  the  Central  Government  and  to  each  of  the  State  Governments;  and 
thereupon,  that  Order  shall  supersede  all the  orders  made  by  the  former  Commission  and  have  the full 
force of law and shall not be called in question in any Court. 

(3)  As  soon  as  may  be  after  the  said  Order  is  received  by  the  Central  Government  or  a  State 
Government,  it  shall  be  laid  before  the  House  of  the  People  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Legislative 
Assembly of the State. 

(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), the readjustment of the representation of the several 
constituencies in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State and the delimitation of 
those constituencies provided for in the said Order shall apply in relation to every election to the House of 
the People or to the Legislative Assembly of a State, as the case may be, held after the appointed day, and 
shall so apply in supersession of the provisions contained in any other law. 

(5)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  affect  the  representation  in  the  House  of  the  People  or  in  the 
Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the House or the Assembly, as the case may be, 
existing or brought into existence on the appointed day. 

(6) At any time within six months of the date of the said Order, any printing mistake found therein 
and  any  other  error  arising  therein  from  an  accidental  slip  or  omission  may  be  corrected  by  the  Chief 
Election Commissioner by order published in the Gazette of India. 

48.  Special  provision  as  to  certain  elections.―Where  any  election  is  held  during  the  year 
commencing  on  the  appointed  day  to  fill  a  seat  or  seats  in  the  Council  of  States  allotted  to  a  new  or 
reorganised  State  or  a  seat  or  seats  in the  Legislative  Assembly  or  Legislative Council,  if  any,  of  such 
State,  any  person  who  is  for  the  time  being  an  elector  for  a  parliamentary  constituency  or  assembly 
constituency  in  any  of  the  connected  States,  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  3,  
clause (c) of section 5 or sub-section (1) of section 6, as  the case may be, of the Representation of the 
People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), be deemed to be an elector for a parliamentary constituency or assembly 
constituency, as the case may be, of that new or reorganised State. 

Explanation.―In this section “new or reorganised State” means any of the States specified in the first 
column of the following Table, and “connected States”, in relation to a new or reorganised State, means 
the States specified against that new or reorganised State in the second column: 

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New or reorganised State 

Connected States 

1. Andhra Pradesh         .               . 

Bombay and Mysore 

2. Bombay           .         .        .      . 

Andhra  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh,  and 
Mysore 

3. Kerala              .         .        .      . 

4. Madhya Pradesh         .               . 

Madras 

Bombay 

5. Madras             .         .        .      . 

Kerala and Mysore 

6. Mysore            .         .        .      . 

Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, and Madras. 

PART V 

HIGH COURTS 

49.  High  Courts  for  the  new  States.―(1)  The  High  Courts  exercising  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  jurisdiction  in  relation  to  the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh,  and  Punjab 
shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to be the High Courts for the new States of Bombay, Madhya 
Pradesh and Punjab, respectively. 

(2) As from the appointed day, there shall be established a High Court for each of the new States of 

Kerala, Mysore and Rajasthan. 

50. Abolition of certain Courts.―(1) As from the appointed day, the High Courts of all the existing 
Part  B  States,  except  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  and  the  Courts  of  the  Judicial  Commissioners  for  Ajmer, 
Bhopal, Kutch and Vindhya Pradesh shall cease to function and are hereby abolished. 

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the continued operation of any notice served, 
injunction  issued,  direction  given  or  proceedings  taken  before  the  appointed  day  by  any  of  the  Courts 
abolished by that sub-section under the powers then conferred upon that Court. 

(3) Every such Judge of a High Court abolished by sub-section (1) as the President after consultation 
with the Chief Justice of India may, by order made before the appointed day, specify shall, as from that 
day, become a Judge, or if so specified the Chief Justice, of such High Court as the President may in that 
order specify. 

51. Principal seat and other places of sitting of High Courts for new States.―(1) The principal 
seat  of  the  High  Court  for  a  new  State  shall  be  at  such  place  as  the  President  may,  by  notified  order, 
appoint. 

(2) The President may, after consultation with the Governor of a new State and the Chief Justice of 
the High Court for that State, by notified order, provide for the establishment of a permanent bench or 
benches of that High Court at one or more places within the State other than the principal seat of the High 
Court and for any matters connected therewith. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Judges and division 
courts  of the  High  Court for  a  new  State  may  also  sit  at  such other place or places  in  that  State  as  the 
Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint. 

52.  Jurisdiction  of  High  Courts  for  new  States.―The  High  Court  for  a  new  State  shall  have,  in 
respect  of  any  part  of  the  territories  included  in  that  new  State,  all  such  original,  appellate  and  other 
jurisdiction as, under the law in force immediately before the appointed day, is exercisable in respect of 
that part of the said territories by any High Court or Judicial Commissioner's Court for an existing State. 

 53. Power to enrol advocates, etc.―(1) The High Court for a new State shall have the like powers 
to approve, admit, enrol, remove and suspend advocates and attorneys, and to make rules with respect to 

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advocates and attorneys as are, under the law in force immediately before the appointed day, exercisable 
by the High Court for the corresponding State. 

(2) The right of audience in the High Court for a new State shall be regulated in accordance with the 
like principles as, immediately before the appointed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience 
in the High Court for the corresponding State: 

Provided  that,  subject  to  any  rule  made  or  direction  given  by  the  High  Court  for  a  new  State  in 
exercise of the power conferred by this section, any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is 
an  advocate  entitled  to  practise,  or  an  attorney  entitled  to  act  in  any  such  High  Court  or  Judicial 
Commissioner's Court as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the  High Court for the 
new State, shall be recognised as an advocate or an attorney entitled to practise or to act, as the case may 
be, in the High Court for the new State. 

54.  Practice  and  procedure.―Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Part,  the  law  in  force  immediately 
before the appointed day with respect to practice and procedure in the High Court for the corresponding 
State  shall,  with  the  necessary  modifications,  apply  in  relation  to  the  High  Court  for  a  new  State,  and 
accordingly, the High Court for the new State shall have all such powers to make rules and orders with 
respect to practice and procedure as are, immediately before the appointed day exercisable by the High 
Court for the corresponding State: 

Provided  that  any  rules  or  orders  which  are  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  with 
respect  to  practice  and  procedure  in  the  High  Court  for  the  corresponding  State  shall,  until  varied  or 
revoked  by  rules  or  orders  made  by  the  High  Court  for  a  new  State,  apply  with  the  necessary 
modifications in relation to practice and procedure in the High Court for the new State as if made by that 
Court. 

55.  Custody  of  seal  of  the  High  Court.―The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day 
with  respect  to  the  custody  of  the  seal  of  the  High  Court  for  the  corresponding  State  shall,  with  the 
necessary modifications, apply with respect to the custody of the seal of the High Court for a new State. 

56.  Form  of  writs  and  other  processes.―The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day 
with respect to the form of writs and other processes used, issued or awarded by the High Court for the 
corresponding State shall, with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the form of writs and 
other processes used, issued or awarded by the High Court for a new State. 

57.  Powers  of  Judges.―The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  relating  to  the 
powers  of the  Chief Justice,  single Judges  and  division  courts of the  High  Court for the corresponding 
State  and  with  respect  to  matters  ancillary  to  the  exercise  of  those  powers  shall,  with  the  necessary 
modifications, apply in relation to the High Court for a new State. 

58.  Procedure  as  to  appeals  to  the  Supreme  Court.―The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the 
appointed day relating to appeals to the Supreme Court from the High Court for the corresponding State 
and the Judges and division courts thereof shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the 
High Court for a new State. 

59. Transfer of proceedings to Bombay High Court.―(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the High 
Court  at  Nagpur  (which  on  the  appointed  day  becomes  the  High  Court  for  the  new  State  of  Madhya 
Pradesh and is referred to in this Act as the High Court of Madhya Pradesh) shall, as from that day, have 
no jurisdiction in respect of the territory transferred from the existing State of Madhya Pradesh to the new 
State of Bombay. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  at  Nagpur  or  the  High  Court  of  Hyderabad 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day  as  are  certified  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court,  having 
regard  to  the  place  of  accrual  of  the  cause  of  action and  other  circumstances,  to  be  proceedings  which 
ought to be heard and decided by the High Court for the new State of Bombay (referred to in this Act as 

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the High Court of Bombay) shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High 
Court of Bombay. 

(3)  All  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Saurashtra  or  in  the  Court  of  the  Judicial 
Commissioner for Kutch immediately before the appointed day shall stand transferred to the High Court 
of Bombay. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, 
the High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall have, and the High Court of Bombay shall not have, jurisdiction 
to  entertain,  hear  or  dispose  of  appeals,  applications  for  leave  to  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court, 
applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of 
any orders passed by the High Court at Nagpur before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if  after  any  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  of  Madhya 
Pradesh it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High 
Court of Bombay, he shall order that they shall be so transferred, and such proceedings shall thereupon be 
transferred accordingly. 

(5)  Any  order  made  before  the  appointed  day  by  any  Court  referred  to  in  sub-section  (2)  or  
sub-section (3) in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Bombay by virtue of sub-section (2) 
or sub-section (3) shall for all purposes have effect, not only as an order of that Court, but also as an order 
of  the  High  Court  of  Bombay;  and  any  order  made  by  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  any 
proceedings with respect to which that Court retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section to (4) shall for 
all purposes have effect, not only as an order of that High Court, but also as an order of the High Court of 
Bombay. 

60.  Extension  of  jurisdiction  of,  and  transfer  of  proceedings  to,  Kerala  High  Court.―(1)  As 
from the appointed day the jurisdiction of the High Court for the State of Kerala (referred to in this Act as 
the High Court of Kerala) shall extend to the 1[Union territory] of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi 
Islands. 

(2) Except as hereinafter provided, the High Court at Madras shall, as from the appointed day, have 
no jurisdiction in respect of the said  1[Union territory] or in respect of any territory transferred from the 
State of Madras to the State of Kerala. 

(3) Such proceedings pending in the High Court at Madras immediately before the appointed day as 
are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of 
action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court 
of Kerala shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Kerala. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, 
the  High  Court  at  Madras  shall  have,  and  the  High  Court  of  Kerala  shall  not  have,  jurisdiction  to 
entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications 
for  review  and  other  proceedings,  where  any  such  proceedings  seek  any  relief  in  respect  of  any  order 
passed by the High Court at Madras before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if  after  any  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  at  Madras  it 
appears  to  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court  that  they  ought  to  be  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of 
Kerala,  he  shall  order  that  they  shall  be  so  transferred,  and  such  proceedings  shall  thereupon  be 
transferred accordingly. 

1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956, for “Part C State”. 

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(5) Any order made by the High Court at Madras— 

(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Kerala by virtue 

of sub-section (3); or 

(b)  in  any  proceedings  with  respect  to  which  the  High  Court  at  Madras  retains  jurisdiction  by 

virtue of sub-section (4), 

shall for all purposes have effect, not only as an order of the High Court at Madras, but also as an order 
made by the High Court of Kerala. 

(6)  All  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Travancore-Cochin  immediately  before  the 
appointed day other than those certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court under sub-section (2) of 
section 66 shall stand transferred to the High Court of Kerala, and any order made before the appointed 
day by the first mentioned High Court in any such proceedings shall for all purposes have effect, not only 
as an order of that High Court, but also as an order of the High Court of Kerala. 

61. Transfer of proceedings to Madhya Pradesh High Court.―(1) Such proceedings pending in 
the High Court of the existing State of Rajasthan immediately before the appointed day as are certified by 
the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other 
circumstances,  to  be  proceedings  which  ought  to  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  High  Court  of  Madhya 
Pradesh  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  such  certification,  be  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of  Madhya 
Pradesh. 

(2)  All  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Bharat  or  in  the  Court  of  the  Judicial 
Commissioner for Bhopal or in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Vindhya Pradesh, immediately 
before the appointed day, shall stand transferred to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. 

(3)  Any  order  made  before  the  appointed  day  by  any  Court  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  or  
sub-section (2) shall for all purposes have effect not only as an order of that Court but also as an order of 
the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. 

62.  Transfer  of  proceedings  to  Mysore  High  Court.―(1)  Except  as  hereinafter  provided,  neither 
the  High  Court  of  Bombay  nor  the  High  Court  at  Madras  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  have 
jurisdiction  in  respect  of  any  territory  transferred  from  the  existing  State  of  Bombay  or  the  State  of 
Madras, as the case may be, to the new State of Mysore. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Hyderabad  or  the  High  Court  at  Bombay  or 
Madras, immediately before the appointed day, as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, 
having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings 
which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court for the new State of Mysore (referred to in this 
Act as the High Court of Mysore) shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the 
High Court of Mysore. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) but save as hereinafter provided, 
the  High  Court  of  Bombay  or, as the case  may  be,  the  High  Court  at Madras shall  have,  and  the  High 
Court of Mysore shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave 
to  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court,  applications  for  review  and  other  proceedings,  where  any  such 
proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court at Bombay or Madras before 
the appointed day: 

Provided that if after any such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Bombay or at 
Madras it  appears to the  Chief Justice  of  that  High  Court that  they  ought  to  be transferred to  the  High 
Court of Mysore, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be 
transferred accordingly. 

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(4)  Any  order  made  by  the  High  Court  of  Hyderabad  before  the  appointed  day  in  any  proceedings 
transferred to the High Court of Mysore by virtue of sub-section (2) shall, for all purposes, have effect not 
only as an order of the High Court of Hyderabad, but also as an order made by the High Court of Mysore. 

(5) Any order made by the High Court at Bombay or Madras— 

(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Mysore by virtue 

of sub-section (2), or 

(b)  the  said  High  Court  shall  be  known  as  the  High  Court  of  Bombay  or  at  Madras  retains 

jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), 

shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Bombay or at Madras, but 
also as an order of the High Court of Mysore. 

(6) All proceedings pending in the High Court of the existing State of Mysore immediately before the 
appointed  day,  shall  stand  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of  Mysore;  and  any  order  made  before  the 
appointed  day  by  the  first  mentioned  High  Court  in  any  such  proceedings  shall  for  all  purposes  have 
effect, not only as an order of that High Court, but also as an order of the High Court of Mysore. 

63.  Transfer  of  proceedings  to  Punjab  High  Court.―(1)  All  proceedings  pending  in  the  High 
Court  of  Patiala  and  East  Punjab  States  Union  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  shall  stand 
transferred to the  High  Court for  the  new  State  of  Punjab (referred to  in  this Act  as  the  High  Court  of 
Punjab). 

(2)  Any  order  made  before  the  appointed  day  by  the  High  Court  of  Patiala  and  East  Punjab  States 
Union shall for all purposes have effect, not only as an order of that Court, but also as an order made by 
the High Court of Punjab. 

64. Transfer of proceedings to Rajasthan High Court.―(1) As from the appointed day, the High 
Court of Bombay shall have no jurisdiction in respect of the territory transferred from the existing State of 
Bombay, to the new State of Rajasthan. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  at  Bombay  or  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Bharat 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day  as  are  certified  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court,  having 
regard  to  the  place  of  accrual  of  the  cause  of  action and  other  circumstances,  to  be  proceedings  which 
ought to be heard and decided by the High Court for the new State of Rajasthan (referred to in this Act as 
the High Court of Rajasthan) shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High 
Court of Rajasthan. 

(3) All proceedings pending in the High Court of the existing State of Rajasthan immediately before 
the  appointed  day  other  than  those  certified  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  61  and  all  proceedings 
pending in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Ajmer immediately before the appointed day shall 
stand transferred to the High Court of Rajasthan. 

(4)  Any  order  made  before  the  appointed  day  by  any  Court  referred  to  in  sub-section  (2)  or  
sub-section (3) in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Rajasthan by virtue of sub-section (2) 
or  sub-section  (3)  shall, for  all  purposes,  have  effect not  only  as  an  order  of  that  Court,  but also  as  an 
order of the High Court of Rajasthan. 

65. High Court of Andhra Pradesh.―(1) As from the appointed day,― 

(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of the existing State of Andhra shall extend to the whole of 

the territories transferred to that State from the existing State of Hyderabad; 

(b) the said High Court shall be known as the High Court of Andhra Pradesh; and 

(c) the principal seat of the said High Court shall be at Hyderabad. 

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(2) All proceedings pending in the High Court of Hyderabad immediately before the appointed day, 
other than those certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court  under sub-section (2) of section 59 or 
under sub-section (2) of section 62, shall stand transferred to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. 

(3)  Any  order  made  by  the  High  Court  of  Hyderabad  before  the  appointed  day  in  any  proceedings 
transferred to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh by virtue of sub-section (2) shall, for all purposes, have 
effect not only as an order of the High Court of Hyderabad but also as an order made by the High Court of 
Andhra Pradesh. 

(4) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is an advocate entitled to practise in the 
High  Court  of  Hyderabad  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  recognised  as  an  advocate  entitled  to 
practise in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh: 

Provided that if any such person makes, within one year from the appointed day, an application to the 
High Court of Bombay or to the High Court of Mysore for being recognised as an advocate entitled to 
practise  in  that  High  Court,  he  shall  be  so  recognised,  and  on  such  recognition,  he  shall  cease  to  be 
recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. 

66. High Court for the areas added to Madras.―(1) Except as hereinafter provided the jurisdiction 
of  the  High  Court  at  Madras  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  extend  to  the  whole  of  the  territories 
transferred to the State of Madras from the State of Travancore-Cochin. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Travancore-Cochin  immediately  before  the 
appointed day as are certified before that day by the Chief Justice of that High Court having regard to the 
place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances to be proceedings which ought to be heard 
and decided by the High Court at Madras shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred 
to the High Court at Madras. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, 
the  High  Court  of  Kerala  shall  have,  and  the  High  Court  at  Madras  shall  not  have,  jurisdiction  to 
entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications 
for  review  and  other  proceedings  where  any  such  proceedings  seek  any  relief  in  respect  of  any  order 
passed by the High Court of Travancore-Cochin before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if,  after  any  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  of  Kerala,  it 
appears  to  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court  that  they  ought  to  be  transferred  to  the  High  Court  at 
Madras,  he  shall  order  that  they  shall  be  so  transferred,  and  such  proceedings  shall  thereupon  be 
transferred accordingly. 

(4) Any order made— 

(a)  by  the  High  Court  of  Travancore-Cochin  before  the  appointed  day  in  any  proceedings 

transferred to the High Court at Madras by virtue of sub-section (2); or 

(b) by the High Court of Kerala in any proceedings with respect to which that High Court retains 
jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), shall, for all purposes, have effect, not only as an order of the 
High  Court  of  Travancore-Cochin  or  the  High  Court  of  Kerala,  as  the  case  may  be,  but  also  as  an 
order made by the High Court at Madras. 

(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court at Madras, any such person who 
immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Travancore- 
Cochin as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court at Madras having regard 
to  the  transfer  of  territories  from  Travancore-Cochin  to  Madras,  shall  be  recognised  as  an  advocate 
entitled to practise in the High Court at Madras. 

67. Right to appear or act in proceedings transferred to other High Courts.―Any person who 
immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise, or an attorney entitled to act, in 

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the High Court for an existing State and was authorised to appear or to act in any proceedings transferred 
from that High Court to any other High Court under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part shall have 
the right to appear or to act, as the case may be, in the other High Court in relation to those proceedings 

68. Interpretation.―For the purposes of sections 59 to 66― 

(a)  proceedings  shall  be  deemed  to  be  pending  in  a  Court  until  that  court  has  disposed  of  all 
issues  between  the  parties,  including  any  issues  with  respect  to  the  taxation  of  the  costs  of  the 
proceedings  and  shall  include  appeals,  applications  for  leave  to  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court, 
applications for review, petitions for revision and petitions for writs; 

(b) references to a High Court shall be construed as including references to a Judge or division 
court thereof, and references to an order made by a Court or a Judge shall be construed as including 
references to a sentence, judgment or decree passed or made by that Court or Judge. 

69. Savings.―Nothing in this Part shall affect the application to the High Court for a new State of 
any  provisions  of the  Constitution,  and this  Part  shall  have  effect  subject  to  any  provision  that  may  be 
made on or after the appointed day with respect to that High Court by any Legislature or other authority 
having power to make such provision. 

PART VI 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE 

70. Authorisation of expenditure of new States.―In the case of every new State, the Governor or 
Rajpramukh  of  the  corresponding  State  may  at  any  time  before  the  appointed  day  authorise  such 
expenditure  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  new  State  as  he  deems  necessary  for  any  period  not 
extending beyond the 31st day of March, 1957: 

Provided  that  the  Governor  of  the  new  State  may,  after  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such  further 

expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for the said period. 

71.  Appropriation  of  moneys  for  expenditure  in  transferred  territories  under  existing 
Appropriation Acts.―(1) As from the appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislature of the State of 
Andhra or Madras before that day for the appropriation of any money out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
State to meet any expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year 1956-57 shall have effect also in 
relation to the transferred territory in that State, and it shall be lawful for the State Government to spend 
any amount in such transferred territory out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for any 
service in that State. 

(2)  The  Governor  of  Andhra  Pradesh  or  of  Madras  may,  after  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such 
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in 
the transferred territory of the State for any period not extending beyond the 31st day of March, 1957. 

72.  Reports  relating  to  the  accounts  of  certain  States.―(1)  Where  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the 
territory  of  an  existing  State  has  been  transferred  to  another  existing  State  or  to  a  new  State  by  the 
provisions  of  Part  II,  the  reports  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  referred  to  in  
clause (2) of article 151 relating to the accounts of that existing State in respect of any period prior to the 
appointed day, shall be submitted to the Governor of such State or of each of such States as the President 
may be order specify and the Governor shall thereupon cause them to be laid before the Legislature of 
that State. 

(2) The President may by order— 

(a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh 
or Punjab or of any Part B or Part C State on any service during the financial year 1955-56 or any 
earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service and for that year as disclosed in 
the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised, and 

(b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports. 

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73. Allowances and privileges of Governors of certain States.―The allowances and privileges of 
the Governor of Andhra Pradesh or of Madras or of each new State shall, until provision in that behalf is 
made  by  Parliament  by  law  under  clause  (3)  of  article  158,  be  such  as  the  President  may,  by  order, 
determine. 

74. Distribution of revenues.―(1) Section 3 of the Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act, 1953 
(3 of 1953) and paragraphs 3 and 5 of the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1953, shall, in 
respect of the financial year 1956-57, have effect in the modified form set out in the Fourth Schedule. 

(2) There shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India in respect of each of the three financial 

years 1957-58, 1958-59 and 1959-60 as grants-in-aid of— 

(a)  the  State  of  Bombay,  the  sum,  if  any,  by  which  8.58  per  cent.  of  the  total  of  the  amounts 

payable to that State under articles 270 and 272 falls short of 248.04 lakhs of rupees; 

(b)  the  State  of  Kerala,  the  sum,  if  any,  by  which  61.91  per  cent.  of  the  total  of  the  amounts 

payable to that State under the said articles falls short of 232.38 lakhs of rupees; 

(c)  the  State  of  Madras,  the  sum,  if  any,  by  which  2.97  per  cent.  of  the  total  of  the  amounts 

payable to that State under the said articles falls short of 24.65 lakhs of rupees; 

(d)  the  State  of  Mysore,  the  sum,  if  any,  by  which  46.75  per  cent.  of  the  total  of  the  amounts 

payable to that State under the said articles falls short of 289.80 lakhs of rupees. 

PART VII 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF CERTAIN PART A AND PART B STATES 

75. Application of Part.―The provisions of this Part shall apply in relation to the apportionment of 
the assets and liabilities immediately before the appointed day of every Part A or Part B State the whole 
or any part of whose territories is transferred to another State or becomes  1[Union territory] by virtue of 
the provisions of Part II; and the expression “existing State” shall accordingly be construed to mean any 
such Part A State or Part B State. 

76. Land and goods.―(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles 

and other goods belonging to an existing State shall— 

(a) if within the existing State, pass to the successor State in which they are situated; or 

(b) if outside the existing State, pass to the successor State or if there be two or more successor 

States, to the principal successor State: 

Provided  that  where  there  are  two  or  more  successor  States  and  the  Central  Government  is  of 
opinion that any goods or class of goods should be distributed among them otherwise than according 
to the situation of the goods, the Central Government may issue such directions as it thinks fit for a 
just  and  equitable  distribution  of  the  goods  and  the  goods  shall  pass  to  the  successor  States 
accordingly. 

(2) Any unissued stores of any class in an existing State shall pass to the successor State, or if there be 
two or more successor States, shall be divided between them in proportion to the total indents for stores of 
that class made in the period of three years ending with the 31st day of March, 1956, for the territories of 
the existing State included respectively in each of those successor States excluding the indents relating to 
the  Secretariat  and  offices  of  Heads  of  Departments  having  jurisdiction  over  the  whole  of  the  existing 
State: 

1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956, for “Part C State”. 

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Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to stores held for specific purposes, such as use 
or  utilisation  in  particular  institutions,  workshops  or  undertakings  or  on  particular  works  under 
construction. 

(3) In this section, the expression “land” includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in 
or over such property, and the expression “goods” does not include coins, bank notes and currency notes. 

77.  Treasury  and  bank  balances.―The  total  of  the  cash  balances  in  all  treasuries  of  an  existing 
State  and  the  credit  balances  of  that  State  with  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  immediately  before  the 
appointed day shall pass to the successor State, or, if there be two or more successor States, be divided 
between them according to the population ratio: 

Provided that for the purpose of such division, there shall be no transfer of cash balances from any 
treasury to any other treasury and the apportionment shall be effected by adjusting the credit balances of 
the successor States in the books of the Reserve Bank of India on the appointed day: 

Provided  further  that  if  any  successor  State  has  no  account  with  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  the 

adjustment shall be made in such manner as the Central Government may by order direct. 

78. Arrears of taxes.―The right to recover arrears of any tax or duty on property, including arrears 
of  land  revenue,  shall  belong  to  the  successor  State  in  which  the  property  is  situated,  and  the  right  to 
recover arrears of any other tax or duty shall belong to the successor State in whose territories the place of 
assessment of that tax or duty is included. 

79.  Right  to  recover  loans  and  advances.―(1)  The  right  to  recover  any  loans  or  advances  made 
before the appointed day by an existing State to any local body, society, agriculturist or other person in an 
area within that State shall belong to the successor State in which that area is included. 

(2) The right to recover any loans or advances made before the appointed day by an existing State to 
any person or institution outside that State shall belong to the successor State or, if there be two or more 
successor States, to the principal successor State: 

Provided that where there are two or more successor States, any sum recovered in respect of any such 

loan or advance shall be divided between all the successor States according to the population ratio. 

80. Credits in certain funds.―The investments in the cash balance investments account, the famine 
relief fund and the general fund of an existing State and the sums at the credit of an existing State in the 
central road fund shall pass to the successor State or, if there be two or more successor States, be divided 
between  them  according  to  the population ratio; and the  investments  in  any  special  fund  the  objects of 
which are confined to a local area in an existing State shall pass to the successor State in which that area 
is included. 

81.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  State  undertakings.―(1)  The  assets  and  liabilities  relating  to  any 
commercial or industrial undertaking of an existing State shall pass to the successor State in which the 
undertaking is located. 

(2)  Where  a  depreciation  reserve  fund  is  maintained  by  an  existing  State  for  any  commercial  or 
industrial undertaking, the securities held in respect of investments made from that fund shall pass to the 
successor State in which the undertaking is located. 

82. Public debt.―(1) The public debt of the existing State of Hyderabad attributable to loans raised 
by the issue of Government securities and outstanding with the public immediately before the 31st day of 
October, 1956, shall as from that day be the debt of the Union, and immediately on such transfer of the 
debt, the Central Government shall be deemed to have made a loan to that State of an amount equal to the 
debt so transferred on the same terms in regard to interest and repayment as are applicable to the loans so 
raised by that State. 

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(2) The public debt of any other existing State attributable to loans raised by the issue of Government 
securities and outstanding with the public immediately before the appointed day shall, as from that day, 
be the debt of the successor State or, if there be two or more successor States, be the debt of such one of 
them as the Central Government may, by order, specify; and in the latter case,― 

(a) the other successor States shall be liable to pay to the successor State so specified their shares 

of the sums due from time to time for the servicing and repayment of the debt, and 

(b) for the purpose of determining the said shares, the debt shall be deemed to be divided between 

the successor States as if it were a debt referred to in sub-section (3). 

(3) The public debt of an existing State attributable to loans taken from the Central Government, the 
Reserve Bank of India or any other bank before the appointed day, including in the case of Hyderabad the 
loan  deemed  to  have  been  made  by  the  Central  Government  under  sub-section  (1),  shall  pass  to  the 
successor State, or if there be two or more successor States, be divided between them in proportion to the 
total  expenditure  on  all  capital  works  and  other capital  outlays  incurred  up  to  the  appointed  day  in  the 
territories of the existing State included respectively in each of those successor States: 

Provided that for the purposes of such division, only expenditure on assets for which capital accounts 

have been kept shall be taken into account: 

Provided further that any loan taken from the Central Government by the Government of an existing 
State before the appointed day in connection with the construction of buildings, roads or other works for 
the  capital  of  a  new  State  or  any  State  affected  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II  or  for  purposes  incidental 
thereto  shall,  to  the  extent  of  the  expenditure  so  incurred  until  that  day,  be  wholly  the  liability  of  the 
successor State in which the capital is included. 

(4) Where a sinking fund or depreciation fund is maintained by an existing State for the repayment of 
any loan raised by it, the securities held in respect of investments made from that fund shall pass to the 
successor  State  or,  if  there  be  two  or  more  successor  States,  be  divided  between  them  in  the  same 
proportion as the public debt referred to in sub-section (3). 

(5)  In  this section,  the  expression  “Government  security”  means  a  security  created  and issued  by  a 
State Government for the purpose of raising a public loan and having any of the forms specified in, or 
prescribed under, clause (2) of section 2 of the Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944). 

83. Refund of taxes collected in excess.―The liability of an existing State to refund any tax or duty 
on  property,  including  land  revenue,  collected  in  excess  shall  be  the  liability  of  the  successor  State  in 
which  the  property  is  situated,  and  the  liability  of  an  existing  State  to  refund  any  other  tax  or  duty 
collected in excess shall be the liability of the successor State in whose territories the place of assessment 
of that tax or duty is included. 

84. Deposits.―The liability of an existing State in respect of any civil deposit or local fund deposit 
shall, as from the appointed day, be the liability of the successor State in whose area the deposit has been 
made. 

85. Provident funds.―The liability of an existing State in respect of the provident fund account of a 
Government  servant  in  service  on  the  appointed  day  shall,  as  from  that  day,  be  the  liability  of  the 
successor State to which that Government servant is permanently allotted. 

86.  Pensions.―The  liability  of  the  existing  States  in  respect  of  pensions  shall  pass  to,  or  be 
apportioned  between,  the  successor  States  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  contained  in  the  Fifth 
Schedule. 

87. Contracts.―(1) Where before the appointed day an existing State has made any contract in the 
exercise of its executive power for any purposes of the State, that contract shall be deemed to have been 
made in the exercise of the executive power— 

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(a) if there be only one successor State,―of that State; 

(b)  if  there  be  two  or  more  successor  States  and  the  purposes  of  the  contract  are,  as  from  the 

appointed day, exclusively purposes of any one of them,―of that State; and 

(c) if there be two or more successor States and the purposes of the contract are, as from that day, 

not exclusively purposes of any one of them,―of the principal successor State; 

and  all  rights  and  liabilities  which  have  accrued,  or  may  accrue,  under  any  such  contract  shall,  to  the 
extent to which they would have been rights or liabilities of the existing State, be rights or liabilities of 
the successor State or the principal successor State specified above: 

Provided  that  in  any  such  case  as  is  referred  to  in  clause  (c),  the  initial  allocation  of  rights  and 
liabilities made by this sub-section shall be subject to such financial adjustment as may be agreed upon 
between all the successor States concerned, or in default of such agreement, as the Central  Government 
may by order direct. 

(2) For the purposes of this section, there shall be deemed to be included in the liabilities which have 

accrued or may accrue under any contract— 

(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any Court or other tribunal in proceedings 

relating to the contract; and 

(b) any liability in respect of expenses incurred in or in connection with any such proceedings. 

(3)  This  section  shall  have  effect  subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this  Part  relating  to  the 
apportionment  of  liabilities  in  respect  of  loans,  guarantees  and  other  financial  obligations;  and  bank 
balances and securities shall notwithstanding that they partake of the nature of contractual rights, be dealt 
with under those provisions. 

88.  Liability  in  respect  of  actionable  wrong.―Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  an 
existing State is subject to any liability in respect of an actionable wrong other than breach of contract, 
that liability shall— 

(a) if there be only one successor State, be a liability of that State; 

(b)  if  there  be  two  or  more  successor  States  and  the  cause  of  action  arose  wholly  within  the 
territories  which as  from  that  day  are the territories of  one  of  them,  be  a  liability  of  that  successor 
State; and 

(c) in any other case, be initially a liability of the principal successor State, but subject to such 
financial adjustment as may be agreed upon between all the successor States concerned, or in default 
of such agreement, as the Central Government may by order direct. 

89. Liability as guarantor of co-operative society.―Where, immediately before the appointed day, 
an existing State is liable as guarantor in respect of any liability of a registered co-operative society, that 
lability of the existing State shall— 

(a) if there be only one successor State, be a liability of that State; 

(b) if there be two or more successor States and the area of the society's operations is limited to 
the territories which as from that day are the territories of one of them, be a liability of that successor 
State; and 

(c) in any other case, be a liability of the principal successor State: 

Provided  that  in  any  such  case  as  is  referred  to  in  clause  (c),  the  initial  allocation  of  liabilities 
under this section shall be subject to such financial adjustment as may be agreed upon between all the 
successor States, or in default of such agreement, as the Central Government may by order direct. 

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90. Items in suspense.―If any item in suspense is ultimately found to affect an asset or liability of 
the nature referred to in any of the foregoing provisions of this Part, it shall be dealt with in accordance 
with that provision. 

91. Residuary provision.―The benefit or burden of any assets or liabilities of an existing State not 

dealt with in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall— 

(a) if there be only one successor State, pass to that State, and 

(b)  if  there  be  two  or  more  successor  States,  pass  to  the  principal  successor  State  in  the  first 
instance, subject to such financial adjustment as may be agreed upon between all the successor States, 
before the 1st day of October, 1957, or in default of such agreement, as the Central Government may 
be order direct. 

92.  Power  of  the  Central  Government  to  order  allocation  or  adjustment  in  certain 
cases.―Where by virtue of any of the provisions of this Part, any of the successor States becomes entitled 
to any property or obtains any benefits or becomes subject to any liability, and the Central Government is 
of opinion, on a reference made within a period of three years from the appointed day by any State that it 
is just and equitable that property or those benefits should be transferred to or shared with, one or more of 
the other successor States, or that a contribution towards that liability should be made by one or more of 
the  other  successor  States,  the  said  property  or  benefits  shall  be  allocated  in such  manner,  or  the  other 
successor  State  or  States  shall  make  to  the  State  primarily  subject  to  the  liability  such  contribution  in 
respect thereof, as the Central Government may, after consultation with the State Governments concerned 
by order determine. 

93.  Certain  expenditure  to  be  charged  on  the  Consolidated  Fund.―All  sums  payable  by  the 
Union to any State or by any State to any other State or to the Union by virtue of the provisions of this 
Part shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or, as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund of 
the State by which such sums are payable. 

APPORTIONMENT OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE UNION 

PART VIII 

94. Definitions.―In this Part,― 

(a) “existing State” means any of the existing Part C States of Ajmer, Bhopal, Coorg, Kutch and 

Vindhya Pradesh; 

(b) “Union purposes” mean the purposes of Government relatable to any of the matters mentioned 

in the Union List. 

95. Passing of certain assets and liabilities of the Union to successor States.―Subject to the other 

provisions of this Part— 

(a)  such  of  the  assets  of  the  Union  within  an  existing  State  as  are  immediately  before  the 
appointed day held by the Union for purposes of the governance of that State shall, as from that day, 
pass to the successor State, unless the purposes for which the assets are so held are Union purposes; 
and 

(b) all liabilities of the Union arising out of, or in relation to, the governance of an existing State 
shall, as from the appointed day, be liabilities of the successor State, unless the liabilities are relatable 
to a Union purpose. 

96.  Arrears  of  taxes.―The  right  to  recover  arrears  of  any  tax  (including  land  revenue)  due  in  an 

existing State, being a tax enumerated in the State List, shall pass to the successor State. 

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97.  Loans  and  advances.―The  right  to  recover  any  loans  or  advances  made  before  the  appointed 
day  to  any  local  body,  society,  agriculturist  or  other  person  in  an  existing  State  shall  belong  to  the 
successor State unless the loan or advance was made in connection with a Union purpose. 

98. Debts due to Central Government.―Any debt of an existing State attributable to any loan given 
by the Central Government on or after the 1st day of April, 1954, and outstanding immediately before the 
appointed day shall be a debt due by the successor State to the Central Government. 

99.  Provident  fund.―The  liability  of  the  Union  in  respect  of  the  provident  fund  account  of  a 
Government  servant  serving  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  in  an  existing  State  under  the 
administrative control of the Lieutenant-Governor or Chief Commissioner thereof shall, as from that day, 
be the liability of the successor State: 

Provided that the Central Government shall transfer to the successor State funds equal to the liability 

of the Union as on the appointed day. 

100.  Pensions.―Where  a  Government  servant  under  the  administrative  control  of  the  Lieutenant-
Governor or Chief Commissioner of an existing State has, before the appointed day, retired or proceeded 
on leave preparatory to retirement, any outstanding claim in respect of his pension shall be settled by the 
successor  State;  but  the  liability  in  respect  of  the  pension  sanctioned  to  any  such  Government  servant, 
whether before or after the appointed day, shall be the liability of the Union. 

101. Contracts.―(1) Any contract made before the appointed day by the Union in the exercise of its 
executive power for purposes of the governance of an existing State shall, as from that day, be deemed to 
have been made in the exercise of the executive power of the successor State, unless the purposes of the 
contract are Union purposes; and all rights and liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any 
such contract shall, to the extent to which they would have been rights and liabilities of the Union if this 
Act had not been passed, be rights and liabilities of the successor State. 

(2) The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 87 shall apply in relation to any such contract 

as they apply in relation to a contract to which sub-section (1) of that section applies. 

PART IX 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND INTER-STATE AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS 

102.  Provision  as  to  certain  State  Financial  Corporations.―(1)  As  from  the  appointed  day,  the 
Financial Corporations established under the State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 (63 of 1951), for the 
existing States of Madhya Bharat, Punjab, Rajasthan and Travancore-Cochin shall be deemed to be the 
Financial  Corporations  established  under  the  said  Act  for  the  new  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  Punjab, 
Rajasthan and Kerala, respectively. 

(2)  The  States  of  Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Rajasthan  shall  be  liable  to  pay  to  the  States  of 
Madras, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, on account of the share of each of the last-named 
States in the paid-up capital of the Financial Corporations for the existing States of Travancore-Cochin, 
Madhya  Bharat  and  Rajasthan,  respectively,  such  amount  as  the  Central  Government  may  by  order 
determine. 

(3)  As  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Financial  Corporations  established  under  the  State  Financial 
Corporations  Act,  1951  (63  of  1951),  for  the  existing  States  of  Andhra  and  Hyderabad  shall  stand 
amalgamated and shall be deemed to be the Financial Corporation established under the said Act for the 
State of Andhra Pradesh. 

(4)  After  consulting  the  Governments  of  the  existing  States  of  Andhra  and  Hyderabad,  the  Central 
Government may, before the appointed day, by notified order, provide for the constitution of the Board of 
Directors  of  the  Financial  Corporation  for  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  and  for  such  consequential, 

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incidental and supplemental matters as may, in the opinion of the Central Government, be necessary to 
give effect to the provisions of sub-section (3). 

(5)  The  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  shall  be  liable  to  pay  to  each  of  the  new  States  of  Mysore  and 
Bombay on account of its share of the paid-up capital of the Financial Corporation for the existing State 
of Hyderabad such amount as the Central Government may, by order, determine. 

(6)  As  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Financial  Corporations  established  under  the  State  Financial 
Corporations  Act,  1951  (63  of  1951),  for  the  existing  States  of  Bombay  and  Saurashtra  shall  stand 
amalgamated and shall be deemed to be the Financial Corporation established under the said Act for the 
new State of Bombay. 

(7) After consulting the Governments of the existing States of Bombay and Saurashtra, the Central 
Government may, before the appointed day, by notified order, provide for the constitution of the Board of 
Directors of the Financial Corporation for the new State of Bombay and for such consequential, incidental 
and supplemental matters as may, in the opinion of the Central Government, be necessary to give effect to 
the provisions of sub-section (6). 

(8) The new State of Bombay shall be liable to pay to each of the new States of Mysore and Rajasthan 
on  account  of  its  share  of  the  paid-up  capital  of  the  Financial  Corporation  for  the  existing  State  of 
Bombay such amount as the Central Government may, by order, determine. 

103. Provisions as to the Madras Industrial Investment Corporation.―(1) As from the appointed 
day, the Madras Industrial Investment Corporation constituted for the existing State of Madras shall be 
deemed to have been constituted for that State with its area as altered by the provisions of Part II. 

(2)  The  State  of  Madras  shall  be  liable  to  pay  to  each  of  the  new  States  of  Kerala  and  Mysore  on 
account of its share of the paid-up capital of the said Corporation such amount as the Central Government 
may by order determine. 

104. Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.―With effect from the appointed day, the following amendments 

shall be made in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), namely:― 

(1) in section 2, in the proviso to clause (f), for the words “any Central co-operative society in that 
State to be a State co-operative bank”, the words “any one or more co-operative societies carrying on 
business in that State to be a State co-operative bank or banks” shall be substituted. 

(2) in section 20,― 

(a) the words and letter “and the Governments of Part A States” shall be omitted; 

(b) for the words “their accounts respectively”, the words “its account” shall be substituted; 

(c) for the words “their exchange”, the words “its exchange” shall be substituted; 

(d) after the words “public debt”, the words “of the Union” shall be inserted; 

(3) in section 21,― 

(a) in sub-section (1),― 

(i) the words “and the State Governments” wherever they occur, shall be omitted; 

(ii)  for  the  word  “their”,  at  both  places  where  it  occurs,  the  word  “its”  shall  be 

substituted; 

(iii)  in  the  proviso, the  words  “or  any  State  Government”  shall  be  omitted,  and  for  the 

word “they” the word “it” shall be substituted; 

(b) in sub-section (2), the words “and each State Government” shall be omitted; 

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(c) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:― 

“(4) Any agreement made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is 

made, before Parliament”; and  

(d) sub-section (5), shall be omitted; 

(4) in sub-section (1) of section 21-A, the word and letter “Part B” shall be omitted; 

(5) after section 21-A, the following section shall be inserted, namely:― 

21-B. Effect of agreements made between the Bank and certain States before the Ist 
November, 1956.―“(1) Any agreement made under section 21 or section 21-A between the 
Bank  and  the  Government  of  a  State  specified  in  the  Explanation  below  and  in  force 
immediately before the Ist day of November, 1956, shall, as from that day have effect as if it 
were  an  agreement  made  on  that  day  under  section  21-A  between  the  Bank  and  the 
Government  of  the  corresponding  State  subject  to  such  modifications,  if  any,  being  of  a 
character  not  affecting  the  general  operation  of  the  agreement,  as  may  be  agreed  upon 
between  the  Bank  and  the  Government  of  the  corresponding  State,  or  in  default  of  such 
agreement, as may be made therein by order of the Central Government. 
Explanation.―In this sub-section “corresponding State” means,― 

(a) in relation to the agreement between the Bank and the State of Andhra, the State 

of Andhra Pradesh; 

(b)  in  relation  to  the  agreement  between  the  Bank  and  any  other  Part  A  State  as  it 

existed before the Ist day of November, 1956, the State with the same name; and 

(c) in relation to the agreement between the Bank and the Part B State of Mysore or 
Travancore-Cochin  as  it  existed  before  the  Ist  day  of  November,  1956,  the  State  of 
Mysore or Kerala respectively. 

(2) Any agreement made under section 21-A between the Bank and  the Government of the 
Part B State of Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat or Saurashtra shall be deemed to have terminated on 
the 31st day of October, 1956.”. 

105. Amendment of Act 6 of 1942.―In the Multi-Unit Co-operative Societies Act, 1942 (6 of 1942), 

after section 5, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:― 

 “5A.  Transitional  provisions  regarding  certain  co-operative  societies  affected  by 
reorganisation  of  States.―(1)  Where  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Part  II  of  the  States 
Reorganisation  Act,  1956,  any  co-operative  society  which,  immediately  before  the  Ist  day  of 
November,  1956,  had  its  objects  confined  to  one  State  becomes,  as  from  that  day,  a  multi-unit  co-
operative society, it shall be deemed to be a co-operative society to which this Act applies and shall 
be deemed to be actually registered in the State in which the principal place of business of the co-
operative society is situated. 

(2) If it appears to the Central Registrar of Co-operative Societies necessary or expedient that any 
such society should be reconstituted or reorganised in any manner or that it should be dissolved, the 
Central Registrar may, with the approval of the Central Government, place before a meeting of the 
general body of the society held in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act, a 
scheme  for  the  reconstitution,  reorganisation  or  dissolution  of  the  society,  including  proposals 
regarding  the  formation  of  new  co-operative  societies  and  the  transfer  thereto  of  the  assets  and 
liabilities of that society. 

(3) If the scheme is sanctioned by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present at the 
said  meeting,  either  without  modifications  or  with  modifications  to  which  the  Central  Registrar 
agrees,  he  shall  certify  the  scheme  and  upon  such  certification,  the  scheme  shall,  notwithstanding 
anything to the contrary contained in any law, regulation or bye-law for the time being in force, be 
binding  on  all  the  societies  affected  by  the scheme,  as  well  as the shareholders and  creditors  of all 
such societies. 

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(4)  If  the  scheme  is  not  sanctioned  under  sub-section  (3),  the  Central  Registrar  may  refer  the 
scheme to such Judge of the appropriate High Court as may be nominated in this behalf by the Chief 
Justice  thereof,  and  the  decision  of  that  Judge  in  regard  to  the  scheme  shall  be  final  and  shall  be 
binding  on  all  the  societies  affected  by  the  scheme  as  well  as  the  shareholders  and  creditors  of  all 
such societies. 

Explanation.―In this sub-section “appropriate High Court” means the High Court within whose 

jurisdiction the principal place of business of the multi-unit co-operative society is situated. 

5B. Power to delegate.―The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
direct  that  any  power  or  authority  exercisable  by  the  Central  Registrar  of  Co-operative  Societies 
under this Act shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions as may be specified in 
the  direction,  be exercisable  also  by  such  Registrar  of  Co-operative  Societies  of  a  State  or by  such 
officer subordinate to the Central Government or to a State Government as may be specified in the 
notification.”. 

106.  Provision  as  to  certain  State  Electricity  Boards  and  apportionment  of  their  assets  and 
liabilities.―(1) The  State Electricity  Board constituted  under  the  Electricity  (Supply)  Act,  1948 (54  of 
1948),  for  any  of  the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Saurashtra  shall  as  from  the 
appointed  day  continue  to  function  in  those  areas  in  respect  of  which  it  was  functioning  immediately 
before that day, subject to the provisions of this section and to such directions as may from time to time 
be issued by the Central Government. 

(2)  Any  directions  issued  by  the  Central  Government  under  sub-section  (1)  in  respect  of  any  such 
Board shall include a direction that the said Act shall in its application to that Board have effect subject to 
such exceptions and modifications as the Central Government thinks fit. 

(3)  A  State  Electricity  Board  continued  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  cease  to  function  as  from,  and 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  dissolved  on,  the  Ist  day  of  November,  1957,  or  such earlier  date  as  the  Central 
Government may by order appoint; and upon such dissolution, its assets and liabilities shall,― 
(a) in the case of the Board for Saurashtra, pass to the State of Bombay, and 
(b) in the case of the Board for the existing State of Bombay or Madhya Pradesh, be apportioned 
between the successor States in such manner as may be agreed upon between them within one year of 
the dissolution of the Board or if no agreement is reached, in such manner as the Central Government 
may by order determine. 
(4)  Nothing  in  the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the 
Government  of  any  of  the  successor  States  to  the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh  and 
Saurashtra  from  constituting  at  any  time  after  the  appointed  day  a  State  Electricity  Board  for  that 
successor  State  under  the  provisions  of  the  said  Act;  and  if  such  a  Board  is  so  constituted  before  the 
dissolution  of  a  Board  continued  under  sub-section  (1)  and  functioning  in  any  part  of  that  successor  
State,― 

(a) provision may be made by order of the Central Government enabling the new  Board to take 

over from the existing Board all or any of its undertakings, assets and liabilities in that State, and 

(b) upon the dissolution of the existing Board, any assets and liabilities which would otherwise 
have passed to the successor State by or under the provisions of sub-section (3) shall pass to the new 
Board instead of to the successor State. 
107.  Continuance  of  arrangements  in  regard  to  generation  and  supply  of  electric  power  and 
supply  of  water.―If  it  appears  to  the  Central  Government  that  the  arrangement  in  regard  to  the 
generation or supply of electric power or the supply of water for any area or in regard to the development 
of any project for such generation or supply has been or is likely to be modified to the disadvantage of 
that area by reason of the fact that it has been transferred by the provisions of Part II from the State in 
which  the  power  stations  and  other  installations  for  the  generation  and  supply  of  such  power,  or  the 
catchment are a reservoirs and other works for the supply of water, as the case may be, are located, the 

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Central  Government  may  give  such  directions  as  it  deems  proper  to  the  State  Government  or  other 
authority concerned for the maintenance, so far as practicable, of the previous arrangement. 

108.  Continuance  of  agreements  and  arrangements  relating  to  certain  irrigation,  power  or 
multi-purpose  projects.―(1)  Any  agreement  or  arrangement  entered  into  between  the  Central 
Government and one or more existing States or between two or more existing States relating to— 

(a)  the  administration,  maintenance  and  operation  of any  project  executed  before  the appointed 

day, or 

(b) the distribution of benefits, such as, the right to receive and utilise water or electric power, to 

be derived as a result of the execution of such project, 

which  was  subsisting  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  shall  continue  in  force,  subject  to  such 
adaptations  and  modifications,  if  any  (being  of  a  character  not  affecting  the  general  operation  of  the 
agreement  or  arrangement)  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between the  Central  Government  and  the  successor 
State  concerned  or  between  the  successor  States  concerned,  as  the  case  may  be,  by  the  Ist  day  of 
November, 1957, or, if no agreement is reached by the said date, as may be made therein by order of the 
Central Government. 

(2) Where a project concerning one or more of the existing States affected by the provisions of Part II 
has been taken in hand, but not completed, or has been accepted by the Government of India for inclusion 
in the Second Five Year Plan before the appointed day, neither the scope of the project nor the provisions 
relating  to  its  administration,  maintenance  or  operation  or  to  the  distribution  of  benefits  to  be  derived 
from it shall be varied,― 

(a) in the case  where  a single  successor  State  is  concerned  with  the  project  after  the  appointed 

day, except with the previous approval of the Central Government, and 

(b) in the case where two or more successor States are concerned with the project after that day, 
except  by  agreement  between those  successor  States,  or if  no  agreement is reached,  except  in  such 
manner as the Central Government may by order direct,  

and  the  Central  Government  may  from  time  to  time  give  such  directions  as  may  appear  to  it  to  be 
necessary  for  the  due  completion  of  the  project  and  for  its  administration,  maintenance  and  operation 
thereafter. 

(3)  In  this  section,  the  expression  “project”  means  a  project  for  the  promotion  of  irrigation,  water 
supply or drainage or for the development of electric power or for the regulation or development of any 
inter-State river or river valley. 

109. General provision as to statutory corporations.―(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by 
the foregoing provisions of this Part, where any body corporate has been constituted under a Central Act, 
State  Act  or  Provincial  Act  for  an  existing  State  the  whole  or  any  part  of  which  is  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions of Part II transferred to any other existing State or to a new State, then, notwithstanding such 
transfer, the body corporate shall, as from the appointed day, continue to function and operate in those 
areas in respect of which it was functioning and operating immediately before that day, subject to such 
directions as may from time to time be issued by the Central Government, until other provision is made 
by law in respect of the said body corporate. 

(2)  Any  directions  issued  by  the  Central  Government  under  sub-section  (1)  in  respect  of  any  such 
body corporate shall include a direction that any law by which the said body corporate is governed shall 
in its application to that body corporate have effect subject to such exceptions and modifications as may 
be specified in the direction. 

110.  Temporary  provisions  as  to  the  continuance  of  certain  existing  road  transport 
permits.―(1)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  63  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1939  
(4 of 1939) a permit granted by the State or a Regional Transport Authority in an existing State, the whole 

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or any part of the territories of which is transferred to another existing State or to a new State shall, if such 
permit  was,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  valid  and  effective  in  any  area  in  the  territories  so 
transferred,  be  deemed  to  continue  to  be  valid  and  effective  in  that  area  after  that  day  subject  to  the 
provisions of that Act as for the time being in force in that area; and it shall not be necessary for any such 
permit  to  be  countersigned  by  any  other  State  or  Regional  Transport  Authority  for  the  purpose  of 
validating it for use in such transferred territories: 

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  State  Government  or 
Governments concerned, add to, amend or vary the conditions attached to the permit by the Authority by 
which the permit was granted. 

(2) No tolls, entrance fees or other charges of a like nature shall be levied after the appointed day in 
respect  of  any  transport  vehicle  for  its  operations  in  any  transferred  territory  under  any  such  permit,  if 
such vehicle was, immediately before that day, exempt from the payment of any such toll, entrance fees 
or other charges for its operations beyond the boundaries of the State in which such permit was granted:  

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  State  Government  or 
Governments concerned, authorise the levy of any such toll, entrance fees or other charges, as the case 
may be. 

111.  Special  provision  relating  to  retrenchment  compensation  in  certain  cases.―Where  on 
account of the reorganisation of the States under this Act, any body corporate constituted under a Central 
Act,  State  Act  or  Provincial  Act,  any  co-operative  society  registered  under  any  law  relating  to  
co-operative societies or any commercial or industrial undertaking of an existing State, is reconstituted or 
reorganised in any manner whatsoever or is amalgamated with any other body corporate or undertaking, 
or is dissolved, and in consequence of such reconstitution, reorganisation, amalgamation or dissolution, 
any  workman  employed  by  such  body  corporate  or  in  any  such  undertaking  is  transferred  to,  or  
re-employed  by,  any  other  body  corporate  or  undertaking,  then,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in 
section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) such transfer or re-employment shall not 
entitle him to any compensation under that section: 

Provided that— 

(a)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  applicable  to  the  workman  after  such  transfer  or  
re-employment are not less 357 favourable to the workman than those applicable to him immediately 
before the transfer or re-employment; and 

(b)  the  employer  in  relation  to  the  body  corporate  or  the  undertaking  where  the  workman  is 
transferred or re-employed, is by agreement or otherwise legally liable to pay to the workman, in the 
event of his retrenchment, compensation under section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 
1947), on the basis that his service has been continuous and has not been interrupted by the transfer or 
re-employment. 

112. Provision as to the Devaswom Surplus Fund of Travancore.―(1) As from the appointed day, 
there shall be established in the State of Madras a Devaswom Fund for the management of Hindu temples 
and shrines in the territories transferred to that State from the State of Travancore-Cochin. 

(2) The assets as on the appointed day of the Devaswom Surplus Fund constituted by section 26 of 
the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950, shall be divided into two parts in the ratio 
of  37.5  to  13.5  in  such  manner  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order,  direct,  and  the  smaller  part 
shall, as from the appointed day, be transferred to the Fund mentioned in sub-section (1). 

113.  Continuance  of  facilities  in  certain  State  institutions.―The  Central  Government  may,  in 
respect of the institutions of the categories specified in the Sixth Schedule located in a new State or in the 
State of Andhra Pradesh or Madras, direct that such facilities as may be specified in the direction shall be 
provided to the Government and the people of one or more adjoining States for such period as may be so 
specified;  and  thereupon  those  facilities  shall  be  provided  for  the  said  period  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  State  Governments  concerned  before  the  31st  day  of 

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March,  1957,  or,  if  no  agreement  is  reached  by  the  said  date,  as  may  be  fixed  by  order  of  the  Central 
Government. 

PART X 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

114. Provisions relating to All-India Services.―(1) In this section, the expression “State cadre”― 

(a) in relation to the Indian Administrative Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian 

Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, and  

(b) in  relation  to the  Indian  Police  Service,  has  the  meaning  assigned  to  it  in  the  Indian  Police 

Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954. 

(2) As from the appointed day, there shall be constituted for each of the new States a State cadre of 

the Indian Administrative Service and a State cadre of the Indian Police Service. 

(3)  The  initial  strength  and  composition  of  each  of  the  said  cadres  shall  be  such  as  the  Central 

Government may by order determine before the appointed day. 

(4)  The  cadres  of  each  of  the  said  services  for  the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh, 
Punjab and Vindhya Pradesh and for the existing Part B States shall, as from the appointed day, cease to 
exist, and the members of each of the said services borne on those cadres shall be allocated to the State 
cadres  of  the  same  service  for  the  new  States  or  for  the  other  existing  States  in  such  manner  and  with 
effect from such date or dates as the Central Government may by order specify. 

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation after the appointed day of the All-
India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), or the rules made thereunder in relation to the State cadres of the 
said services constituted under sub-section (2) and in relation to the members of those services borne on 
the said cadres. 

115. Provisions relating to other services.―(1) Every person who immediately before the appointed 
day is serving in connection with the affairs of the Union under the administrative control of Lieutenant-
Governor  or  Chief  Commissioner  in  any  of  the  existing  States  of  Ajmer,  Bhopal,  Coorg,  Kutch  and 
Vindhya  Pradesh,  or  is  serving  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  any  of  the  existing  States  of  Mysore, 
Punjab, Patiala and East Punjab States Union and Saurashtra shall, as from that day, be deemed to have 
been allotted to serve in connection with the affairs of the successor State to that existing State. 

(2) Every person who immediately before the appointed day is serving in connection with the affairs 
of  an  existing  State  part  of  whose  territories is  transferred  to another  State  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II 
shall,  as  from  that  day,  provisionally  continue  to  serve  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  principal 
successor  State  to  that  existing  State,  unless  he  is  required  by  general  or  special  order  of  the  Central 
Government to serve provisionally in connection with the affairs of any other successor State. 

(3) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Central Government shall, by general or special 
order, determine the successor State to which every person referred to in sub-section (2) shall be finally 
allotted for service and the date with effect from which such allotment shall take effect or  be deemed to 
have taken effect. 

(4) Every person who is finally allotted under the provisions of sub-section (3) to a successor State 
shall, if he is not already serving therein be made available for serving in that successor State from such 
date as may be agreed upon between the Governments concerned, and in default of such agreement, as 
may be determined by the Central Government. 

(5)  The  Central  Government  may  by  order  establish  one  or  more  Advisory  Committees  for  the 

purpose of assisting it in regard to— 

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(a) the division and integration  of  the  services  among  the  new  States and the  States  of  Andhra 

Pradesh and Madras; and 

(b) the ensuring of fair and equitable treatment to all persons affected by the provisions of this 

section and the proper consideration of any representations made by such persons. 

(6)  The  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  in  relation  to  any  person  to  whom  the 

provisions of section 114 apply. 

(7)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  after  the  appointed  day  the  operation  of  the 
provisions of Chapter I of Part XIV of the Constitution in relation to the determination of the conditions 
of service of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or any State: 

Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day to the case of 
any person referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not be varied to his disadvantage except 
with the previous approval of the Central Government. 

116. Provision as to continuance of officers in the same posts.―(1) Every person who immediately 
before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the 
affairs  of  the  Union  or  of  an  existing  State  in  any  area  which  on  that  day  falls  within  another  existing 
State or a new  1*** State or a  2[Union territory] shall, except where by virtue or in consequence of the 
provisions of this Act such post or office ceases to  exist on that day, continue to hold the same post or 
office in the other existing State or new 1*** State or 2[Union territory] in which such area is included on 
that day, and shall be deemed as from that day to have been duly appointed to such post or office by the 
Government  of,  or  other  appropriate  authority  in,  such  State,  or  by  the  Central  Government  or  other 
appropriate authority in such 2[Union territory], as the case may be. 

(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority, after the appointed day, 

from passing in relation to any such person any order affecting his continuance in such post or office. 

117. Power of Central Government to give directions.―The Central Government may at any time 
before or after the appointed day give such directions to any State Government as may appear to it to be 
necessary  for  the  purpose  of  giving  effect  to  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Part  and  the  State 
Government shall comply with such directions. 

118. Provisions as to State Public Service Commissions.―(1) The Public Service Commissions for 
the  existing  States  of  Bombay,  Mysore,  Punjab,  Rajasthan  and  Travancore-Cochin  shall,  as  from  the 
appointed day, be deemed to be the Public Service Commissions for the corresponding new States. 

(2) As from the appointed day, the Public Service Commissions for the existing States of Hyderabad, 
Madhya  Bharat,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Patiala  and  East  Punjab  States  Union  and  Saurashtra  shall  cease  to 
exist. 

(3) Every person holding office immediately before the appointed day as chairman or other member 

of any of the Commissions mentioned in sub-section (2)— 

(a)  shall  become  a  member,  and  if  so  specified  also  the  chairman,  of  such  one  of  the  Public 
Service  Commissions  for  the  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bombay,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Punjab  and 
Mysore as the President shall by order specify; and 

(b) shall, as such member or chairman, be entitled to receive from the Government of the State 
conditions  of  service  not  less  favourable  than  those  to  which  he  was  entitled  under  the  provisions 
applicable to him immediately before the appointed day. 

1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) order, 1956. 
2. Subs., ibid., for “Part C State”. 

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(4)  Every  person  who  becomes  a  member  of  a  Public  Service  Commission  on  the  appointed  day 
under  sub-section  (1)  or  sub-section  (3)  shall,  subject  to  the  proviso  to  clause  (2)  of  article  316,  hold 
office  or  continue  to  hold  office  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  as  determined  under  the 
provisions applicable to him immediately before the appointed day. 

PART XI 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

119. Territorial extent of laws.―The provisions of Part II shall not be deemed to have effected any 
change  in  the  territories  to  which  any  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  extends  or 
applies, and territorial references in any such law to an existing State shall, until otherwise provided by a 
competent  Legislature  or  other competent  authority,  be  construed  as  meaning  the  territories  within that 
State immediately before the appointed day. 

120. Power to adapt laws.―For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in relation to 
any  of  the  States  1[or  Union  territories]  formed  or  territorially  altered  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II,  the 
appropriate Government may, before the expiration of one year from the appointed day, by order make 
such  adaptations  and  modifications  of  the  law,  whether  by  way  of  repeal  or  amendment,  as  may  be 
necessary  or  expedient,  and  thereupon  every  such  law  shall  have  effect  subject  to  the  adaptations  and 
modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent 
authority. 

Explanation.―In this section, the expression “appropriate Government” means— 

(a)  as  respects  any  law  relating  to  a  matter  enumerated  in  the  Union  List,  the  Central 

Government; and 

(b) as respects any other law,― 

(i) in its application to a 2*** State, the State Government, and 
(ii) in its application to a 3[Union territory], the Central Government. 

121. Power to construe laws.―Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been 
made under section 120 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any Court, tribunal or 
authority required or empowered to enforce such law may, for the purpose of facilitating its application in 
relation  to  any  State  4[or  Union  territory]  formed  or  territorially  altered  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II, 
construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard 
to the matter before the Court, tribunal or authority. 

122.  Power  to  name  authorities,  etc.,  for  exercising  statutory  functions.―The  Central 
Government, as respects any  3[Union territory], and the State Government as respects any new State or 
any  transferred  territory,  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  specify  the  authority,  officer  or 
person who, as from the appointed day, shall be competent to exercise such functions exercisable under 
any  law  in  force  on  that  day  as  may  be  mentioned  in  that  notification  and  such  law  shall  have  effect 
accordingly. 

123.  Legal  proceedings.―Where  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the  Union  or  an  existing 
State  is  a  party  to  any  legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  rights  or  liabilities  subject  to 
apportionment under this Act, the successor State which succeeds to, or acquires a share in, that property 
or those rights or liabilities by virtue of any provision of this Act shall be deemed to be substituted for the 

1. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 
2. The word and letter “Part A” omitted., ibid. 
3. Subs. ibid., for “Part C State”. 
4. Ins., ibid. 

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Union or the existing State as a party to those proceedings, or added as a party thereto, as the case may be, 
and the proceedings may continue accordingly. 

124.  Right  of  pleaders  to  practise  in  certain  Courts.―Any  person  who  immediately  before  the 
appointed day, is enrolled as a pleader entitled to practise in any subordinate Courts in an existing State 
which is affected by the provisions of Part II shall, for a period of six months from that day, continue to 
be entitled to practise in those Courts, notwithstanding that the whole or any part of the territories within 
the jurisdiction of those Courts has been transferred to another State. 

125.  Provisions  as  to  certain  pending  proceedings.―(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately 
before the appointed day before a Court (other than a High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any 
area which on that day falls within a State shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to any part of the 
territories which as from that day are the territories of another State  1[or form a Union territory], stand 
transferred  to  the  corresponding  Court,  tribunal,  authority  or  officer  in  the  other  State  1[or  the  Union 
territory, as the case may be]. 

(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under sub-section (1), 
it shall be referred to the High Court having jurisdiction in respect of the area in which the Court, tribunal, 
authority  or  officer  before  which  or  whom  such  proceeding  is  pending  on  the  appointed  day,  is 
functioning and the decision of that High Court shall be final. 

(3) In this section— 

(a) “proceeding” includes any suit, case or appeal; and 
(b) “corresponding Court, tribunal, authority or officer” in a State 1[or Union territory] means― 

(i)  the  Court,  tribunal,  authority  or  officer  in  that  State  1[or  Union  territory]  in  which,  or 
before  whom,  the  proceeding  would  have  lain  if  the  proceeding  had  been  instituted  after  the 
appointed day, or 

(ii)  in  case  of  doubt,  such  Court,  tribunal,  authority  or  officer  in  that  State  1[or  Union 
territory] as may be determined after the appointed day by the Government of that State  1[or the 
Central Government, as the case may be], or before the appointed day by the Government of the 
corresponding State, to be the corresponding Court, tribunal, authority or officer. 

126.  [Declaration  of  certain  ancient  monuments,  etc.,  in  Part  C  States  to  be  of  national 
 importance.]―Rep. by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 
1958), s. 39 (w.e.f. 15-10-1959). 

127. Effect of the provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws.―The provisions of this Act 

shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law. 

128. Power to remove difficulties.―If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act, the President may by order do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which appears to him 
to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 

129.  Power  to  make  rules.―(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 

Gazette, make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act. 

1. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 

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1[(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 
House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in 
one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately 
following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification 
in the rule, or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only 
in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or 
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.] 

130. Repeal of Act 49 of 1951.―(1) The Government of Part C States Act, 1951, is repealed with 

effect from the appointed day. 

(2) The said repeal shall not affect any laws made by the Legislature of a Part C State by virtue of any 
power conferred on that Legislature by the Act so repealed, and all such laws in force immediately before 
the appointed day shall continue in force, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be made 
therein  under  section  120,  until  altered,  repealed  or  amended  by  a  competent  Legislature  or  other 
competent authority.  

___________ 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

[See section 28 (3)] 

Every sitting member representing a constituency specified in the first column of the Table below in 
the Legislative Assembly of the existing State specified against it in the second column shall, as from the 
appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of the State specified against 
that constituency in the third column and cease to be a member of the Legislative Assembly of which he 
was a member immediately before that day: 

TABLE 

Name of Constituency 

Existing State 

State to which transferred 

(1) 

(2) 

1. Palanpur-Abu-Vadagam-Danta.                    

Bombay        .               . 

2. Chandgad        .           . 

Bombay        .               . 

3. Halsur             .            . 

Hyderabad    .               .       

4. Udgir               .           . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

(3) 

Bombay. 

Bombay. 

Bombay. 

Bombay. 

5. Kodangal         .           . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

           Andhra Pradesh. 

6. Tandur-Seram  .           . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

7. Bidar               .            . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

Mysore. 

Mysore. 

8. Zahirabad       .             . 

Hyderabad    .               .  

           Andhra Pradesh. 

9. Mudhol           .             . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

          Andhra Pradesh. 

10. Deglur          .              . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

11. Kinwat         .              . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

Bombay. 

Bombay. 

12. Asifabad      .               . 

Hyderabad    .               . 

          Andhra Pradesh. 

13. Bhanpura     .               . 

Madhya Bharat             . 

            Madhya Pradesh. 

14. Panemangalore  .         . 

Madras         .                . 

              Mysore. 

1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2, and the Schedule, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 15-5-1986). 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 
[See section 35 (2)] 
MODIFICATIONS IN THE DELIMITATION OF COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES (MADRAS) ORDER, 1951 
In the Table— 

(a) for the entry relating to the Madras (Graduates) Constituency, substitute:— 

“Madras (Graduates) Entire State 1[6]”; 

(b) for the entry in the second column relating to the Madras (Teachers) Constituency, substitute 

“Entire State”; 

(c) in the third column, for the figure “3” wherever it occurs, substitute “4”; and 
(d) omit the entry relating to the West Coast (Local Authorities) Constituency. 

____________ 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE 
[See section 40] 
ALLOCATION OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS TO STATE 
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES 

The  number  of  seats  in  the  House  of  the  People  to  be  allotted  to  each  of  the  States  2[and  Union 
territories] and the number of seats to be assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each 3[State other than 
Jammu and Kashmir*] shall be as shown in the following Table:— 

4* * *  

TABLE 
Number of seats in the House 
of the People 
43 
1. Andhra Pradesh  .       .     . 
2. Assam .     .     .      .           .   12 
3. Bihar .      .     .      .     .     . 
55 
4. Bombay  .        .      .    .     .    66 
5. Kerala .      .      .      .         .   18 
6. Madhya Pradesh .       .      .  36 
7. Madras .      .       .      .       .   41 
8. Mysore .     .      .       .        .   26 
9. Orissa    .      .          .          .   20 
10. Punjab     .        .       .       .   22 
11. Rajasthan   .     .     .         .   22 
12. Uttar Pradesh .       .     .   .  86 
13. West Bengal .     .     .      .  34 
14. Jammu and Kashmir   .    .   6 
15. Delhi .       .      .         .     .  5 
16. Himachal Pradesh    .       .   4 
17. Manipur       .      .     .      .   2 

18. Tripura     .      .          .     .   2 

Number of seats in the 
Legislative Assembly 
301 
108 
330 
396 
126 
288 
205 
208 
140 
154 
176 
430 
238 

1. Subs. by Act 67 of 1956, s. 3, for “4” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 
2. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 
3. Subs., ibid., for “Part A State”. 
4. The word “States” omitted., ibid. 
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 74 (1)] 

I. MODIFIED FORM OF SECTION 3 OF THE UNION DUTIES OF EXCISE (DISTRIBUTION) ACT, 1953 

3. Distribution of a part of the Union duties of excise among the States.—(1) During the first half 
of the financial year commencing on the Ist day of April, 1956, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated 
Fund  of  India  to  each  of  the  State  specified  in  column  1  of  the  Table  below  such  percentage  of  the 
distributable Union duties of excise for the half year as is set out against it in column 2: 

TABLE 

State 

Andhra           .        .         .         .          .         .            . 

Assam            .        .         .         .          .         .            . 

Percentage 

5.92 

2.61 

Bihar     .        .        .         .         .          .         .            . 

                         11.60 

Bombay         .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

                         10.37 

Hyderabad     .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

Madhya Bharat       .        .          .          .          .           . 

Madhya Pradesh     .        .          .          .          .           . 

 5.39 

 2.29 

 6.13 

Madras           .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

                         10.30 

Mysore           .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

Orissa     .       .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

Patiala and East Punjab States Union       .           .       . 

Punjab     .       .        .        .          .          .          .           . 

Rajasthan .       .        .        .          .          .          .          . 

Saurashtra       .         .        .          .          .          .          . 

Travancore-Cochin   .        .          .           .          .         . 

  2.84  

  4.22 

  1.00 

   3.66 

    4.41 

    1.19 

    2.68 

Uttar Pradesh             .        .          .          .          .         . 

                           18.23 

West Bengal              .        .          .          .          .          . 

                             7.16 

 (2) During the second half of the said financial year, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund 
of  India  to  each  of  the  States  specified  in  column  1  of  the  Table  below  such  percentage  of  the 
distributable  Union  duties  of  excise  for  the  half  year  as  is  set  out  against  it  in  column  2  and  such 
additional percentage, if any, of the said duties as is set out against it in column 3: 

State 
Andhra Pradesh    .      .        . 
Assam            .      .      .        . 
Bihar              .      .      .        .     
Bombay         .      .      .         .     
Kerala            .     .       .         . 
Madhya Pradesh  .       .         . 
Madras           .     .       .         . 
Mysore           .     .       .         . 

TABLE 

Percentage 
9.03 
2.61 
            11.60 
12.57 
              1.49 
 6.25 
 8.39 
 2.90 

46 

Additional percentage 
.. 
.. 
.. 
1.19 
2.42 
.. 
0.26 
2.62 

 
 
 
State 

Percentage 

Additional percentage 

Orissa        .     .       .         . 

Punjab       .     .       .         . 

Rajasthan   .     .       .         . 

Uttar Pradesh   .       .         .          

West Bengal    .        .        .          

(3) For the purposes of this section— 

4.22 

4.66 

4.40 

18.23 

7.16 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

(a) the first half and the second half of the financial year commencing on the Ist day of April, 
1956, shall be deemed to be the first seven months and the remaining five months, respectively, of 
that financial year; 

(b) the distributable Union duties of excise for the first half and for the second half of the said 
financial  year  shall  be  deemed  to  be  seven-twelfths  and  five-twelfths,  respectively,  of  the 
distributable Union duties of excise for that financial year. 

II. MODIFIED FORM OF PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION  
(DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) ORDER, 1953 

3. (1) For the purposes of clause (2) of article 270, the proceeds attributable to Part C States for the 
first half and 1[to Union territories] for the second half, of the financial year commencing on the Ist day of 
3
April, 1956, shall be taken to be 2
 per cent. and 1 per cent. respectively, of so much of the net proceeds 
4
of taxes on income for the half year as does not represent the net proceeds of taxes payable in respect of 
Union emoluments. 

(2)  The  percentage  of  the  net  proceeds  of  taxes  on  income,  except  in  so  far  as  those  proceeds 
represent proceeds attributable to Part C States or to taxes payable in respect of Union emoluments, which 
is to be assigned to Part A States and Part B States (other than the State of Jammu and Kashmir*) under 
clause  (2)  of  article  270  in  the  first  half  of  the  said  financial  year  shall  be  55  per  cent.;  and  the  total 
amount to be so assigned shall be distributed among the said States as follows:— 

State 

Percentage 

Andhra Pradesh    .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Assam                 .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Bihar                   .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Bombay              .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Hyderabad    .      .      .       .      .      .       .       . 

Madhya Bharat    .      .       .      .       .      .       . 

Madhya Pradesh   .      .      .      .       .      .       . 

Madras                .      .       .      .      .       .       . 

Mysore               .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Orissa                 .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Patiala and East Punjab States Union .      .         . 

Punjab                .      .        .     .      .       .         . 

5.49 

2.25 

9.75 

17.50 

4.50 

1.75 

5.25 

9.56 

2.45 

3.50 

0.75 

3.25 

1. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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State 

Rajasthan         .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Saurashtra         .      .        .     .      .       .        . 

Percentage 

3.50 

1.00 

Travancore-Cochin    .        .     .      .       .       . 

                           2.50 

Uttar Pradesh       .      .        .     .      .       .      . 

                         15.75 

West Bengal        .      .        .     .      .       .       . 

                         11.25 

(3)  The  percentage  of  the  net  proceeds  of  the  taxes  on  income,  except  in  so  far  as  those  proceeds 
represent  proceeds  attributable  to  1[Union  territories]  or  the  taxes  payable  in  respect  of  Union 
emoluments,  which  is  to  be  assigned  to  2[States  (other  than  the  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir*)]  under 
clause (2) of article 270 in the second half of the said financial year shall be 55 per cent.; and the total 
amount to be so assigned shall be distributed among the said States as follows:— 

State 

Andhra Pradesh     .    .     .    . 

Assam .      .    .     .    .    .    . 

Bihar  .      .     .     .    .    .    .      

Bombay     .     .     .    .    .    .      

Kerala        .     .    .     .    .    . 

Madhya Pradesh .   .    .    .    . 

Madras .    .      .     .    .    .    . 

Mysore .    .      .     .    .   .     . 

Orissa .     .       .     .    .   .     . 

Punjab .    .       .     .     .    .    . 

Rajasthan .       .      .    .    .     . 

Uttar Pradesh   .      .     .    .    . 

West Bengal    .      .     .     .    . 

Percentage 

Additional percentage 

8.09 

2.25 

9.75 

18.10 

1.38 

5.14 

7.79 

3.74 

3.50 

4.00 

3.51 

15.75 

11.25 

.. 

.. 

.. 

1.00 

2.26 

.. 

0.24 

2.25 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph— 

(a) the first half and the second half of the  financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 
1956, shall be deemed to be the first seven months and the remaining five months, respectively, of 
that financial year; 

(b)  the  net  proceeds  of  taxes  on  income  for  the  first  half  and  for  the  second  half  of  the  said 
financial  year  shall  be  deemed  to  be  seven-twelfths  and  five-twelfths,  respectively,  of  the  net 
proceeds of such taxes for that financial year. 

5.  (1)  In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  clause  (1)  of  article  275,  there  shall  be  charged  on  the 

Consolidated Fund of India— 

(a) in the first seven months of the said financial year, as grants-in-aid of the revenues of each of 

the States specified below, the sum specified against it: 

1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956, for “Part C States”. 
2. Subs., ibid., for “Part A States”. 
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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(i) For general purposes— 

Assam 

Mysore 

Orissa 

Punjab 

Saurashtra 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

Travancore-Cochin 

West Bengal  . 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

(ii) For the expansion of primary education— 

Bihar  

Hyderabad 

. 

. 

Madhya Bharat 

Madhya Pradesh 

Orissa 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

Patiala and East Punjab States  

Union 

Punjab 

Rajasthan 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

58.33 lakhs of rupees.  

23.33 lakhs of rupees. 

43.75 lakhs of rupees. 

72.92 lakhs of rupees. 

23.33 lakhs of rupees. 

26.25 lakhs of rupees. 

46.67 lakhs of rupees. 

48.42 lakhs of rupees. 

23.33 lakhs of rupees. 

10.50 lakhs of rupees. 

29.17 lakhs of rupees. 

18.67 lakhs of rupees. 

5.25 lakhs of rupees. 

16.33 lakhs of rupees. 

23.33 lakhs of rupees. 

(b) in the remaining five months of the said financial year, as grants-in-aid of the revenues of each of 

the States specified below, the sum specified against it: 

(i) For general purposes— 

Assam 

Mysore 

Orissa 

Punjab 

Bombay 

Kerala 

Madras 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

West Bengal  . 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

41.67 lakhs of rupees. 

16.67 lakhs of rupees. 

31.25 lakhs of rupees. 

52.08 lakhs of rupees. 

16.67 lakhs of rupees. 

16.93 lakhs of rupees. 

1.82 lakhs of rupees. 

33.33 lakhs of rupees. 

(ii) For the expansion of primary education— 

Bihar  

. 

Andhra Pradesh  

Mysore 

Bombay 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

34.58 lakhs of rupees. 

9.62 lakhs of rupees. 

2.41 lakhs of rupees. 

12.10 lakhs of rupees. 

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Madhya Pradesh 

Orissa 

Punjab 

Rajasthan 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

20.98 lakhs of rupees. 

13.33 lakhs of rupees. 

15.42 lakhs of rupees. 

16.56 lakhs of rupees. 

(2) There shall also be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India— 

(a) in the first seven months of the said financial year, as grants-in-aid of each of the States of 
Mysore, Saurashtra and Travancore-Cochin, the sum by which the total of the amounts payable to that 
State under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 of this Order and under sub-section (1) of section 3 of 
the  Union  Duties  of  Excise  (Distribution)  Act,  1953,  falls  short  of  201.25  lakhs  of  rupees,  160.42 
lakhs of rupees and 163.33 lakhs of rupees, respectively; and 

(b) in the remaining five months of the said financial year, as grants-in-aid of each of the States of 
Mysore, Bombay, Kerala and Madras, the sum by which the total of the amounts payable to that State 
as additional percentages under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3 of this Order and under sub-section 
(2) of section 3 of the said Act falls short of 143.75 lakhs of rupees, 114.58 lakhs of rupees, 105.38 
lakhs of rupees and 11.29 lakhs of rupees, respectively. 

(3)  Any  sum  or  sums  payable  under  this  paragraph  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  sum  or  sums 

payable to the States under each of the provisos to clause (1) of article 275. 

____________________ 

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 86] 

APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF PENSIONS 

1. Subject to the adjustments mentioned in paragraph 3, the successor State or each of the successor 
States shall, in respect of pensions granted before the appointed day by an existing State, pay the pensions 
drawn in its treasuries. 

2. Subject to the said adjustments, the liability in respect of pensions of officers serving in connection 
with the affairs of an existing State who retire or proceed on leave preparatory to retirement before the 
appointed day, but whose claims for pensions are outstanding immediately before that day, shall be the 
liability of the successor State, or, if there be two or more successor States, of such one of them as the 
Central Government may by order specify. 

3. In any case where there are two or more successor States, there shall be computed, in respect of the 
period commencing on the appointed day and ending on the 31st day of March, 1957 and in respect of 
each  subsequent  financial  year,  the  total  payments  made  in  all  the  successor  States  in  respect  of  the 
pensions  referred  to  in  paragraphs  1  and  2.  That  total  representing  the  liability  of  the  existing  State  in 
respect  of  pensions  shall  be  apportioned  between  the  successor  States  in  the  population  ratio  and  any 
successor State paying more than its due share shall be reimbursed  the excess amount by the successor 
State or States paying less. 

4. (1) The liability in respect of the pension of any officer serving immediately before the appointed 
day in connection with the affairs of an existing State and retiring on or after that day, shall be that of the 
successor State granting the pension; but the portion of the pension attributable to the service of any such 
officer before the appointed day in connection with the affairs of that existing State shall, if there be two 
or more successor States, be allocated between them in the population ratio, and the Government granting 
the pension shall be entitled to receive from each of the other successor States its share of this liability. 

(2) If any such officer was serving after the appointed day in connection with the affairs of more than 
one successor State, the successor State or States other than the one granting the pension shall reimburse 
to the Government by which the pension is granted an amount which bears to the portion of the pension 

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attributable  to  his service after the  appointed  day  the  same  ratio  as the period  of  his  qualifying  service 
after the appointed day under that successor State bears to the total qualifying service of such officer after 
the appointed day reckoned for the purposes of pension. 

(3) In reckoning the said total qualifying service, any service of such officer before the appointed day 
in connection with the affairs of the Union under the administrative control of the Lieutenant-Governor or 
Chief Commissioner in any of the existing States of Ajmer, Bhopal, Coorg, Kutch and Vindhya Pradesh 
shall be added as if the said service had been service after the appointed day in connection with the affairs 
of the successor State to that existing State. 

5.  Any  reference  in  this  Schedule  to  a  pension  shall  be  construed  as  including  a  reference  to  the 

commuted value of the pension. 

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THE SIXTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 113) 

(1) Engineering Colleges and Schools of Technology. 

(2) Medical Colleges. 

(3) Agricultural Colleges. 

(4) Veterinary Colleges. 

(5) Government hospitals providing for special treatment, such as, 

(i) tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoria, 

(ii) cancer hospitals, 

(iii) radium institutes, 

(iv) mental hospitals, 

(v) leprosy hospitals and sanatoria, and 

(vi) hospitals providing for Unani or Ayurvedic treatment. 

(6) Research Institutes, such as,— 

(i) irrigation research institutes, 

(ii) Government analysts’ departments, and 

(iii) serum institutes. 

(7) Central Jails. 

(8) Borstal Schools, Reformatory Schools and Certified Schools. 

(9) Police Training Colleges and Institutes. 

(10) Fire Services Training Schools. 

(11) Hostels for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes. 

(12) Photo Registry Offices. 

(13) Central Records Offices. 

(14) Forest Schools. 

(15) Finger Print Bureaux. 

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